EXECUTIVE ORDER NO.

292

"ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF 1987"

CHAPTER 5
OPERATION AND EFFECT OF LAWS

following the completion of their publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of

general circulation, unless it is otherwise provided.

Section 19. Prospectivity. - Laws shall have prospective effect unless the contrary is
expressly provided.

Section 20. Interpretation of Laws and Administrative Issuances. - In the interpretation of

a law or administrative issuance promulgated in all the official languages, the English text
shall control, unless otherwise specifically provided. In case of ambiguity, omission or
mistake, the other texts may be consulted.

Section 21. No Implied Revival of Repealed Law.- When a law which expressly repeals a
prior law itself repealed, the law first repealed shall not be thereby revived unless
expressly so provided.

Section 22. Revival of Law Impliedly Repealed. - When a law which impliedly repeals a
prior law is itself repealed, the prior law shall thereby be revived, unless the repealing law

Section 23. Ignorance of the Law. - Ignorance of the law excuses no one from
compliance therewith.

CHAPTER 6
OFFICIAL GAZETTE

Section 24. Contents. - There shall be published in the Official Gazette all legislative acts
and resolutions of a public nature; all executive and administrative issuances of general
application; decisions or abstracts of decisions of the Supreme Court and the Court of
Appeals, or other courts of similar rank, as may be deemed by said courts of sufficient
importance to be so published; such documents or classes of documents as may be
required so to be published by law; and such documents or classes of documents as the
President shall determine from time to time to have general application or which he may
authorize so to be published.

The publication of any law, resolution or other official documents in the Official Gazette
shall be prima facie evidence of its authority. 
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Section 25. Editing and Publications. - The Official Gazette shall be edited in the Office
of the President and published weekly in Pilipino or in the English language. It shall be
sold and distributed by the National Printing Office which shall promptly mail copies
thereof to subscribers free of postage.