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Practice question: Local Legislation

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Practice question

A municipal mayor issues a letter declaring that it alone is an ordinance, with no sanggunian enactment and no other enabling authority. Which is best?
  1. The letter does not substitute for the required local legislative enactment
  2. Every mayoral letter is an ordinance
  3. A letter repeals all legislative procedures
  4. Only its stationery matters
  5. The mayor becomes the sanggunian

Legal references

  • RA 7160 Sections 48, 53-55 and 447: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7160_1991.html

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