Practice question
In Laguio, did the specific authority to regulate hotels and motels automatically include their complete suppression?
- No; regulation was distinguished from suppression or prohibition
- Yes; all regulation always means abolition
- Yes; licensing destroys all rights
- Only a private competitor could decide
- The Court declined to address the distinction
Legal references
- City of Manila v. Laguio, GR118127, April12 2005, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2005/apr2005/gr_118127_2005.html Equal-protection and statutory regulatory-power holdings.
- RA7160 Local Government Code: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7160_1991.html Section458(a)(4)(iv),(vii).
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