G.

R.No.74457 Mar
ch20,
1987

RESTI
TUTOYNOT,
pet
it
ioner
,

v
s.

I
NTERMEDIATEAPPELLATECOURT,THESTATI ONCOMMANDER,I
NTEGRATEDNATI
ONAL
POLI
CE,BAROTACNUEVO,ILOI
LOandTHEREGI ONALDI
RECTOR,
BUREAUOFANIMAL
I
NDUSTRY,REGI
ONIV,ILOI
LOCITY,
respondent
s.

FACTS: Peti
ti
onertranspor
tedsixcarabaosi napumpboatf rom Masbat etoIl
oilo.Theywere
confi
scatedbyt hepoli
cestati
oncommanderofBar ot
acNuev o,
Iloi
loforviol
ationofExecuti
ve
OrderNo.626- A.Peti
ti
onersuedforrecoveryandtheRTCi ssuedawr itofreplevi
nuponhi s
fi
li
ngofsuper sedeasbond.TheRTCev entuall
ysustai
nedtheconf i
scati
onoft hecarabaos.
Howev er,
sincetheycouldnolongerbepr oduced,itor
deredfortheconfiscati
onoft hebond.
Peti
ti
onerappeal edthedeci
siontotheIntermediateAppell
ateCourtwhichuphel dtheRTC.

I
SSUE:
Whet
herornotExecut
iveOr
derNo.626-
Aisunconst
it
uti
onal
.

RULI
NG:
Yes.Execut
iveOr
derNo.626-
Aisunconst
it
uti
onal
.

Thechal l
engedmeasur eisani nval
i
dexer ciseofpoli
cepowerbecauset hemet hodempl oyedt
o
conservethecar abaosi snotr easonablynecessarytothepurposeofthelawand, wor se, i
s
undulyoppr essive.Duepr ocessisv i
olatedbecausetheowneroft hepropert
yconf i
scatedi s
deniedther i
ghtt obehear dinhi sdefenseandi simmediat
elycondemnedandpuni shed.The
confermentont headmi nistr
ativeauthorit
iesofthepowertoadjudgetheguiltofthesupposed
offenderisacl earencroachmentonj udicialf
uncti
onsandmi l
it
atesagainstt
hedoct ri
neof
separati
onofpower s.Thereisalsoani nvali
ddelegat
ionoflegi
slati
vepowerst otheof f
icers
ment i
onedt hereinwhoar egr antedunlimiteddiscr
eti
oninthedistr
ibut
ionofthepr operti
es
arbit
rari
l
yt aken.

EONo.626-
Aisdecl
aredunconst
it
uti
onal
andt
hedeci
sionoft
heCAi
srev
ersed.