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36 Phil. L.J. 523 (1961)
Advisory Opinions of the Secretary of Justice

handle is hein.journals/philplj36 and id is 537 raw text is: ADVISORY OPINIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF JUSTICE VICENTE ABAD SANTOS * The Secretary of Justice of the Republic of the Philippines is a man with many official hats, all equally impressive. These hats are distinct from the headgear which lie uses when attending meet- ings of the Council of State and the Cabinet and when he resolves questions on criminal jurisdiction under the Philippine-American Bases Agreement. One of the hats of the Secretary of Justice is marked Exccu- tive and he puts it on not only whenever he exercises control over the offices which comprise his office, namely: the administrative, finance and budget, law, judiciary, and prosecution divisions, but also when lie exercises supervision over the bureaus awd offices that have been placed under his department because of the nature of their functions, to wit: Office of the Solicitor Gem'ral, Courts of' First Instance and Inferior Courts, Public Service Commission, Bu- reau of Prisons, Land Registration Commission, Court of Industrial Relations, National Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Immigration, Board of Pardons and Parole, )eportation Board, Code Commission, Court of Tax Appeals, Anti-Dummy Board, Court of Agrarian Re- lations, and Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court. The S.cretary of Justice has also general supervision and control of the provincial and cit, fiscals or attorneys and other prosecuting officers. Another hat of the Secretary of' Justice is marked AtPtrwley- General. This hat enables him to appear in court in representa- tion of the Government. However, the Secretary of Justice rarely, if ever, wears this particular hat because litigations in which thn Government is interested are handled by the Solicitor General. Now and then the Secretary of Justice associates himself with the Soli- citor General. This happens in important cases and the associa- tion is in the form of confertences wherein theories and courses of action are formulated. The third hat of the Secretary of .Justice is marked Legal Ad'iser. For he is the legal adviser of both the Government and all government-owned and controlled enterprises. When thereunto requested in writing, the Secretary of Justice shall give advice in the form of written opinions, to any of the following functionaries, upon any question of law relative to the powers and duties of them- • A.B., LL.B. (U.P.): I.L.M I Ha'vard) ; Dean and Pl ,,fv- -,,r of Law, (.dleg of Law, Uni- ACrYity of the Philippines.

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