Practice question
An ordinance concededly exceeds the municipality's substantive power. Officials argue that unanimous passage and proper publication necessarily create the missing authority. Which is best?
- Publication amends the enabling law
- Those steps do not themselves supply a substantive power the municipality lacks
- Unanimity makes every act lawful
- Every newspaper may confer public powers
- The number of copies controls authority
Legal references
- Magtajas v. Pryce Properties, GR 111097, July 20, 1994, main opinion: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1994/jul1994/gr_111097_1994.html
- RA 7160 Sections 16 and 22: https://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7160_1991.html
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