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Act No. 190 Section 516

Prohibition.

Section 516

SEC. 516. Prohibition. — The Supreme Court shall have concurrent jurisdiction with Courts of First Instance over inferior tribunals, corporations, boards, or persons, whether exercising functions judicial or ministerial, which are without or in excess of the jurisdiction of such tribunal, corporation, board, or person, and also have original jurisdiction over Courts of First Instance when such Courts are exercising functions without or in excess of their jurisdiction. The proceedings of the Supreme Court in prohibition shall be the same as those provided for prohibition in sections two hundred and twenty-six, two hundred and twenty-seven, and two hundred and twenty-eight of this Code.

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CitationAct No. 190 Section 516 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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