Practice question
A municipal mayor submits a resignation to the proper accepting governor, who does not act within fifteen days from receipt. Assume the ordinary section 82 rule applies and no statutory exception is involved. What does the Code provide?
- The resignation is deemed accepted under section 82(c).
- It is necessarily rejected forever.
- The period is always five years.
- Only a court may ever accept it.
- The mayor may privately change the statutory recipient.
Legal references
- Republic Act No. 7160, sections 77–78 and 82, https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7160_1991.html
- 1987 Constitution, Article IX-B, section 2(3), https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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