Practice question
An LGU has authority for a type of public project but seeks immediate payment with no appropriations ordinance or law supporting it. Officials rely solely on the abstract power to contract. Which is correct?
- Contracting capacity always supplies an appropriation.
- A signature necessarily creates budget authority.
- A supplier may appropriate public funds unilaterally.
- The general contracting power does not dispense with Section 305(a)’s independent payment restriction.
- The payment becomes lawful if the invoice is handwritten.
Legal references
- Republic Act No. 7160, Sections 22, 305 and 344: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7160_1991.html
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