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“All executive action which operates to the prejudice of any person must
have the authority of law to support it, and the terms of Article 358 do
not detract from that rule. Article 358 expressly authorises the State to
take legislative or executive action provided such action was competent for
the State to make or take, but for the provisions contained in Part III of
the Constitution. Article 358 does not purport to invest the State with
arbitrary authority to take action to the prejudice of citizens and others:
