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  • Feeder International Line, Pte.,Ltd. Vs Court of Appeals (G.r. 94262)

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    The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeals finding the vessel M/T "ULU WAI" and its cargo of 2,100 metric tons of gas oil and fuel oil liable under Section 2530(a) of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines. The Court found that a forfeiture proceeding under customs laws is not penal in nature but rather aims to enforce administrative fines or forfeitures for unlawful importation. While the petitioner argued it was deprived of property without due process, the Court ruled that circumstantial evidence supported an intent to illegally import the cargo based on the vessel's actions and preparations to unload upon arriving in the Philippines.

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    The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeals finding the vessel M/T "ULU WAI" and its cargo of 2,100 metric tons of gas oil and fuel oil liable under Section 2530(a) of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines. The Court found that a forfeiture proceeding under customs laws is not penal in nature but rather aims to enforce administrative fines or forfeitures for unlawful importation. While the petitioner argued it was deprived of property without due process, the Court ruled that circumstantial evidence supported an intent to illegally import the cargo based on the vessel's actions and preparations to unload upon arriving in the Philippines.

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    Feeder International Line, Pte.,Ltd. Vs Court of Appeals (G.r. 94262)

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    The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeals finding the vessel M/T "ULU WAI" and its cargo of 2,100 metric tons of gas oil and fuel oil liable under Section 2530(a) of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines. The Court found that a forfeiture proceeding under customs laws is not penal in nature but rather aims to enforce administrative fines or forfeitures for unlawful importation. While the petitioner argued it was deprived of property without due process, the Court ruled that circumstantial evidence supported an intent to illegally import the cargo based on the vessel's actions and preparations to unload upon arriving in the Philippines.

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    CONSTITUTIONAL*LAW*II*DIGESTS*(2012*–*2013)* * * *********ATTY.

    *SEDFREY*CANDELARIA*
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    Feeder%International%Line,%PTE.,LTD.%v.%Court%Of%Appeals%[G.R.% • On! March! 17,! 1987,! the! District! Collector! issued! his! decision!
    94262,%May&31,&1991]& finding! the! vessel! guilty! of! violating! Sec.! 2530(a)! of! the! Tariff!
    ! and! Customs! Code! of! the! Philippines,! while! her! cargo! of! 2,100!
    Case:! Petition! for! reversal! of! the! decision! of! the! CA! affirming! the! metric! tons! of! gas! and! fuel! oil! are! also! found! guilty! and! are!
    decision!rendered!by!the!Court!of!Tax!Appeals,!which!found!the!vessel! hereby!forfeited!in!favor!of!the!Republic!of!the!Philippines.!
    M/T! “ULU! WAI”! liable! under! Sec.! 2530(a)! of! the! Tariff! and! Customs! • Petitioner! appealed! to! the! Commissioner! of! Customs! who!
    Code!of!the!Philippines,!and!its!cargo!of!2,100!metric!tons!of!gas!oil!and! rendered!a!decision!affirming!the!seizure!in#toto.!!
    fuel!and!ordering!the!forfeiture!of!the!said!vessel!and!its!cargo.!This!is!a! • On! June! 25,! 1987,! petitioner! filed! a! petition! for! review! of! the!
    case!concerning!Tariff!and!Customs!Code.!! decisions! of! the! Collector! and! the! Commissioner! of! Customs!
    ! with!the!Court!of!Tax!Appeals,!praying!for!the!issuance!of!a!writ!
    Summary:% The! instant! prayer! is! denied! for! lack! of! merit! and! the! of! preliminary! injunction! and/or! a! restraining! order! to! enjoin!
    judgment!appealed!from!is!hereby!affirmed!in#toto.! the! Commissioner! from! implementing! his! decision.! On!
    ! December! 14,! 1988,! the! CTA! issued! its! decision! affirming! the!
    Facts:%%% forfeiture,!with!costs!to!petitioner.!
    • M/T! “ULU! WAI”,! a! foreign! vessel! of! Honduran! registry,! owned! • Petitioner!then!filed!a!petition!for!review!to!the!Supreme!Court!
    by! Feeder! International! Shipping! Lines! of! Singapore,! left! but! was! referred! to! the! Court! of! Appeals,! in! view! of! the! SC!
    Singapore! with! 1,100! metric! tons! of! gas! oil! and! 1,000! metric! decision! in! DBP# vs.# CA,# et.# al,# holding! that! final! judgments! or!
    tons! of! fuel! oil! consigned! to! Far! East! Synergy! Corporation! of! decrees! of! the! CTA! are! within! the! exclusive! appellate!
    Zamboanga,!Philippines.!On!May!14,!1986,!the!vessel!anchored! jurisdiction!of!the!CA.!On!May!8,!1990,!the!CA!affirmed!the!CTA!
    at!Guiuanon!Island!in!Iloilo!without!notifying!the!Iloilo!customs! decision.! Petitioner! now! brings! an! instant! petition! to! the!
    authorities.! The! authorities! only! came! to! know! of! the! ship! by! Supreme!Court.#!!!
    civilian!informer.!Acting!on!that,!the!Acting!District!Collector!of! !
    Iloilo!dispatched!a!Customs!team!on!May!19,!1986!to!verify.!! Issues:%%
    • The!Customs!team!found!that!the!vessel!did!not!have!on!board! (1) W/N! the! Court! of! Appeals! erred! in! finding,! on! the! basis! of!
    the! required! ship! and! shipping! documents,! except! for! a! circumstantial! evidence,! that! an! illegal! importation! had!
    clearance! from! the! port! of! Singapore! clearing! the! vessel! for! been!committed!
    ‘Zamboan’.! In! view! therof,! the! vessel! and! its! cargo! were! held! (2) W/N! petitioner! was! deprived! of! property! without! due!
    and! a! Warrant! of! Seizure! and! Detention! over! the! same! was! process!of!law!in!that!its!right!to!be!presumed!innocent!was!
    issued! after! due! investigation.! The! petitioner! filed! a! Motion! to! not!recognized!and!the!decision!was!not!supported!by!proof!
    Dismiss! and! to! Quash! the! Warrants! of! Seizure! and! Detention! beyond!reasonable!doubt!
    which! the! District! Collector! denied.! During! the! course! of! the! (3) W/N! the! fact! that! the! sworn! statements! of! Deposa! and!
    forfeiture,! the! sworn! statements! of! Capt.! Romeo! E.! Deposa,! Torres! were! taken! without! the! assistance! of! counsel! result!
    Master! of! M/T! “ULU! WAI”! and! Antonio! Torres,! owner’s! in!a!violation!of!their!constitutional!rights?!
    representative! of! M/T! “ULU! WAI”! was! given! before! Atty.! !
    Hernando!Hinojales,!Customs!Legal!Officer.!! %
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    Chan=Gonzaga*Evardone*Gutierrez*Lopez*Miclat*Nadal*Radoc*Superio*Tan*Tong*Valdez*Varela*
    CONSTITUTIONAL*LAW*II*DIGESTS*(2012*–*2013)* * * *********ATTY.*SEDFREY*CANDELARIA*
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    Held:% Ratio!
    ISSUE!1!–!No,!the!Court!of!Appeals!did!not!err!in!finding,!on!the!basis!of! I. Petitioner,! which! is! a! corporate! entity,! has! no! personality! to!
    circumstantial!evidence,!that!an!illegal!importation!had!been!committed! invoke! the! right! to! be! presumed! innocent,! which! right! is! only!
    Ratio! available!to!an!individual!who!is!an!accused!in!a!criminal!case.!
    I. A! forfeiture! proceeding! under! tariff! and! customs! laws! is! not! II. Sec.! 1202! of! the! Tariff! and! Customs! Code! provides! that!
    penal! in! nature,! contrary! to! the! argument! advanced! by! importation! begins! when! the! carrying! vessel! or! aircraft! enters!
    petitioner.!! the!jurisdiction!of!the!Philippines!with!intention!to!unload.!It!is!
    II. People#vs.#Court#of#First#Instance#of#Rizal# clear!from!the!provision!that!mere!intent!to!unload!is!sufficient!
    • Seizure! and! forfeiture! proceedings! under! the! tariff! and! to!commence!an!importation.!Since!intent!is!a!state!of!mind,!it!
    customs!laws!are!not!criminal!in!nature!as!they!do!not! is! rarely! susceptible! of! direct! proof! and! must! be! ordinarily!
    result! in! the! conviction! of! the! offender! nor! in! the! inferred! from! the! facts,! and! therefore! can! only! be! proved! by!
    imposition! of! the! penalty! provided! for! in! Sec.! 3601! of! unguarded!expressions,!conduct!and!circumstances!generally.!In!
    the! Code.! Seizure! proceedings! are! purely! civil! and! this! case,! there! is! an! intent! to! unload! as! supported! by!
    administrative!in!character,!the!main!purpose!of!which! substantial! evidence.! For! one,! the! route! from! Singapore! to!
    is! to! enforce! the! administrative! fines! or! forfeiture! Zamboanga! was! shorter! compared! to! Iloilo.! It! is! not! logical! to!
    incident! to! unlawful! importation! of! goods! or! their! travel! a! longer! distance! even! for! repairs.! Secondly,! the! vessel,!
    deliberate! possession.! The! penalty! in! seizure! cases! is! upon! anchoring,! did! not! notify! officials! of! its! arrival! and! its!
    distinct! and! separate! from! the! criminal! liability! that! captain! only! filed! a! marine! protest! 12! days! after! landing,! as!
    might! be! imposed! against! the! indicted! importer! or! opposed! to! the! required! 24! hours.! Third,! the! ship! had! no!
    possessor!and!both!kinds!of!penalties!may!be!imposed.! pertinent! documents! except! its! clearance! from! Singapore!
    This! concerns! the! res! (thing)! rather! than! the! persona.! heading!for!Zamboanga.!Fourth,!when!the!vessel!was!inspected,!
    Whether! criminal! liability! is! present! can! only! be! the! tugboat! M/T! ‘CATHEAD’! and! the! large! M/T! ‘SEMIRANO!
    determined!in!a!separate!criminal!action.!Respondent’s! NO.819’! were! alongside! it.! A! fixture! note! revealed! that! the!
    exoneration! in! the! administrative! cases! cannot! deprive! barge! and! the! tugboat! were! contracted! by! Consignee! Far! East!
    the!State!of!its!right!to!prosecute.!! Synergy! to! load! the! vessel’s! cargo! and! to! ship! it! off! to! Manila.!
    • As!such,!proof!beyond!reasonable!doubt!is!not!required! Though! the! fixture! note! did! not! expressly! mention! the!
    in!order!to!justify!the!forfeiture!of!goods.!The!degree!of! petitioner’s! ship,! Government! witness,! Asencio! and! Lumagpas,!
    proof! required! is! merely! substantial! evidence,! which! testified!that!it!was.!
    means! such! relevant! evidence! as! a! reasonable! mind! ISSUE!3!–!No,!the!fact!that!the!sworn!statements!of!Deposa!and!Torres!
    might! accept! as! adequate! to! support! a! conclusion.! In! were! taken! without! the! assistance! of! counsel! did! not! result! in! a!
    the! case! at! bar,! the! Government! has! sufficiently! violation!of!their!constitutional!rights!
    established! that! an! illegal! importation! or! at! least! an! I. Nera#vs.#The#Auditor#General.!
    attempt!has!been!committed.! • The! right! to! the! assistance! of! counsel! is! not!
    ISSUE!2!–!No,!the!petitioner!was!not!deprived!of!property!without!due! indispensable! to! due! process! unless! required! by! the!
    process!of!law!! Constitution! or! a! law.! Exception! is! made! in! the! charter!

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    Chan=Gonzaga*Evardone*Gutierrez*Lopez*Miclat*Nadal*Radoc*Superio*Tan*Tong*Valdez*Varela*
    CONSTITUTIONAL*LAW*II*DIGESTS*(2012*–*2013)* * * *********ATTY.*SEDFREY*CANDELARIA*
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    only! during! the! custodial! investigation! of! a! person!
    suspected!of!a!crime.!In!other!proceedings,!the!need!for!
    the! assistance! of! counsel! is! not! as! urgent! nor! is! it!
    deemed!essential!to!their!validity.!!
    • There!is!nothing!in!the!Constitution!that!says!a!party!in!
    a!nonfcriminal!proceeding!is!entitled!to!be!represented!
    by!counsel!and!that!without!such!representation!he!will!
    not! be! bound! by! such! proceedings.! The! assistance! of!
    lawyers,! while! desirable,! is! not! indispensable.! The!
    ordinary! citizen! is! not! that! helpless! that! he! cannot!
    validly!act!at!all!except!only!with!a!lawyer!at!his!side.!
    II. Besides,!if!ever!there!was!any!doubt!to!the!sworn!statements!of!
    Deposa! and! Torres,! petitioners! should! have! presented! this!
    during! any! appropriate! stage! of! the! proceedings! to! refute! or!
    deny! the! statements! made.! This! was! not! done.! As! such,! the!
    presumption!that!official!duty!was!regularly!performed!stands.!!
    !
    !
    !!

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    Chan=Gonzaga*Evardone*Gutierrez*Lopez*Miclat*Nadal*Radoc*Superio*Tan*Tong*Valdez*Varela*

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