Practice question
A city claims a minor administrative step is necessary to carry out an express statutory local service. It is lawful, appropriate, and incidental to efficient implementation. Must the step be invalid merely because the statute does not list that precise step?
- Yes, because Section 16 recognizes only powers stated word for word.
- Yes, unless it concerns taxation.
- Yes, because local services require constitutional amendment.
- Yes, because implied powers belong only to private corporations.
- No; Section 16 recognizes qualifying implied and incidental powers.
Legal references
- RA 7160, Section 16, general welfare clause: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7160_1991.html
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