Practice question
A city issues an ordinance directly commanding businesses located entirely in an unrelated city to follow its local opening-hour rules. The facts establish no territorial connection and no special extraterritorial statutory power. Its sole justification is that the policy promotes welfare somewhere. Which is best?
- The welfare objective alone does not overcome the missing territorial authority
- General welfare confers universal ordinance jurisdiction
- Any city may govern all Philippine businesses by preference
- The other city automatically ceases to exist
- Liberal construction always erases express territorial wording
Legal references
- RA7160 Local Government Code: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7160_1991.html Sections5(c),15 and16.
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