FACTS
Caltex Philippines Inc.,
appellee, conceived and laid groundwork for a promotional scheme called “Caltex
Hooded Pump Contest”. Foreseeing the extensive use of mails for publicizing the
contest and transmission of communications relative thereto, a letter to the
Post-master General. Appellant was sent justifying the position of
non-violation of the anti-lottery provisions of the Postal Law. Unimpressed,
the appellant opined the scheme falls within the purview of the said law and
declined grant of requested clearance with a threat of fraud orders the
appellee if the contest was conducted.
ISSUE
Whether or not the proposed
scheme by Caltex requires Statutory Construction to inquire into the intended
meaning of the provisions of the Postal Law.
HELD
Yes, Statutory Construction is
required because the specific statutory provisions relied upon by both parties
are not identical. Statutory construction is the art or process of discovering
or expounding the meaning and intension of the authors of the law with respect
to its application to a given case, where that intention is rendered doubtful,
amongst others, by reason of the fact that the given case is not explicitly
provided for in the law.
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