Practice question
A city says it can never impose a category expressly available to a province solely because it is a city rather than a province. What Section 151 principle answers that categorical claim?
- A city has no local revenue powers at all.
- Every provincial category automatically becomes a national income tax.
- Only the President may enact every city ordinance.
- The city generally may levy provincial as well as municipal impositions, subject to the Code.
- A province must permanently transfer sovereignty to the city first.
Legal references
- RA7160, Local Government Code, Sections130,151 and153-155: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7160_1991.html
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