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2008-02-13 |
CORONA, J. |
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| Moreover, it is a well-settled rule in statutory construction that a subsequent general law does not repeal a prior special law on the same subject unless it clearly appears that the legislature has intended by the latter general act to modify or repeal the earlier special law. Generalia specialibus non derogant (a general law does not nullify a specific or special law).[102] This is so even if the provisions of the general law are sufficiently comprehensive to include what was set forth in the special act.[103] The special act and the general law must stand together, one as the law of the particular subject and the other as the law of general application.[104] The special law must be taken as intended to constitute an exception to, or a qualification of, the general act or provision.[105] | |||||