PEOPLE vs.

CAYAT

FACTS: Cayat was arrested of the crime under Act no. 1639( An act prohibiting any members of a non- Christian tribe to buy, receive or possess a any intoxicating liquor and sentence to pay fifty (50) pesos or suffer subsidiary imprisonment in case of solvency. He was caught in possession of one bottle of A-1-1 gin. He contends that it is a violative of the due process of law. HELD: The SC ruled that the said Act is constitutional, because it meets the requirement of the requisite of classification Requisite of classification: 1. Must rest an substantial distinction; 2. Must be germane to the purpose of the law; 3. Must not be limited to existing conditions; 4. It must be apply equally to all members of the same class,