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2003-04-30 |
PANGANIBAN, J. |
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| Jurisdiction is the right to act on a case or the power and the authority to hear and determine a cause.[7] It is a question of law.[8] As consistently ruled by this Court, jurisdiction over the subject matter is vested by law.[9] Because it is "a matter of substantive law, the established rule is that the statute in force at the time of the commencement of the action determines the jurisdiction of the court."[10] | |||||