4/10/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly [6] Id., at 119. [7] Id., at 22-26. [8] The Civil Code provides: Article 4. Laws shall have no retroactive effect, unless the contrary is provided. [9] Agpalo, Statutory Construction (2003), p. 370. [10] G.R. No. 149508, October 10, 2007, 535 SCRA 411, 422. [11] Fil-Estate Properties, Inc. v. Homena-Valencia, G.R. No. 173942, June 25, 2008, 555 SCRA 345, 349; Pfizer, Inc. v. Galan, G.R. No. 143389, May 25, 2001, 358 SCRA 240, 246. [12] Agpalo, supra at note 10, p. 386, citing Pavon v. Phil. Island Telephone & Telegraph Co., 9 Phil. 247 (1907), Priolo v. Priolo, 9 Phil. 566, 567 (1908) and Un Pak Lieng v. Nigorra, 9 Phil. 486, 489 (1908). [13] Aragon v. Araullo, 11 Phil. 7, 9 (1908). [14] Aris (Phil.) Inc. v. NLRC, G.R. No. 90501, August 5, 1991, 200 SCRA 246, 253. Source: Supreme Court E-Library This page was dynamically generated by the E-Library Content Management System (E-LibCMS) elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/55060 8/8