Villavicencio v. Lukban
G.R. No. L-14639
March 25, 1919
Malcolm, J.
Issue:
whether
the Mayor of Manila’s act of causing the deportation of some women of ill-repute
from Manila to Davao was a lawful exercise of police power
Held:
No.
There is no law, order, or regulation which grants the Mayor of the city of Manila
or the chief of police of that city the power to force citizens of the Philippine
Islands — and these women despite their being in a sense lepers of society are nevertheless
not chattels but Philippine citizens protected by the same constitutional guaranties
as are other citizens — to change their domicile from Manila to another locality.
On the contrary, Philippine penal law specifically punishes any public officer who,
not being expressly authorized by law or regulation, compels any person to change
his residence.
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