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The Supreme Court ruled that the court of first instance did not have jurisdiction over a criminal case for alleged violation of Presidential Decree No. 772, which prohibits illegal construction in urban areas. The decree did not apply to the conduct at issue, which involved a house on riceland used for farming and not urban land. As the conduct was not criminalized by the decree, the principle of nullum crimen sine lege precluded criminal punishment. The Court set aside the conviction and dismissed the cas

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Peter Paul Recabo

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