Administrative Order No. 51




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 51, October 26, 1937 ] DISMISSING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE SIXTO S. RABINO OF SAN FERNANDO, CAJIDIOCAN, AND MAGDIWANG, ROMBLON, FROM OFFICE. This is an administrative case against Justice of the Peace Sixto S. Rabino of San Fernando, Cajidiocan and Magdiwang, Romblon. The respondent was charged with having committed the following while he was acting Justice of the Peace of Romblon, same province: (1) Negligence and laziness in the performance of his official duties; (2) imposition of illegal and excessive penalties through abuse of discretion; and (3) issuance of unjust orders and rulings.1âшphi1 From the investigation conducted by the district Judge in the present administrative case, it appears that all the above charges have been proven beyond question. All of these irregularities committed by the respondent make his continuance in office highly undesirable. To retain in a position of trust and responsibility in the public service a man who abuses the power given him by law and is negligent in the performance of his official duties is contrary to public policy and lowers the standard required to be maintained by the Government officials. In view of the foregoing, and considering the seriousness of the irregularities committed by the respondent, Sixto S. Rabino is hereby ordered dismissed from the office of Justice of the Peace of San Fernando, Cajidiocan, and Magdiwang, Romblon, for the good of the service.1aшphi1 Done at the City of Manila, this twenty-sixth day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the second. MANUEL L. QUEZON President of the Philippines The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation