Notes in Part 1 - Nature of LGUs

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Published	03/07/2025	An LGU is a {{c1::public office, a public corporation}}, and is classified as a {{c1::municipal corporation proper.}}
Published	03/07/2025	Elements of an LGU
Published	03/07/2025	GR: An LGU can only exercise its powers within its territorialboundary or jurisdiction. Its powers are intramural. What are the exceptions?{{c1::…
Published	03/07/2025	What happens when an LGU exercises powers outside the limits of its territorial jurisdiction?
Published	03/07/2025	Do LGUs exercise powers over forest lands within their municipalities/cities/provinces even if they're under the management of the DENR?
Published	03/07/2025	What is the rule when the LGU consists of 1 or more islands?
Published	03/07/2025	A substantial alteration of the boundaries of a province can only be done through a {{c1::plebiscite called for the purpose}} and not {{c1::simply thr…
Published	03/07/2025	Kind of evidence required in a boundary dispute{{c1::Maps published by authority of law may [also] be referred to as evidence.”}}Manner of interpretin…
Published	03/07/2025	Can the rules be relaxed in territorial disputes?
Published	03/07/2025	What is the critical date doctrine?
Published	03/07/2025	Do census results determine or fix territorial boundaries?
Published	03/07/2025	Local governments are {{c1::administrative agencies.}}What are public corporations created by local govenrnments? {{c1::Quasi-municipal corporation.}}
Published	03/07/2025	Conditions for a GOCC
Published	03/07/2025	2 fold character of LGUs
Published	03/07/2025	LGUs have the power of continuous succession under their corporate name.When there is a perfected contract executed by the former Governor, the succee…
Published	03/07/2025	Types of LGUs
Published	03/07/2025	Autonomous Regions
Published	03/07/2025	What kind of power does the President have over autonomous regions?
Published	03/07/2025	Can there be an autonomous region consisting of only one province?
Published	03/07/2025	3 sub-types of cities
Published	03/07/2025	Are highly-urbanized cities and independent component citiesunder the supervision of provinces?
Published	03/07/2025	Is an HUC  subject to provincial oversight?
Published	03/07/2025	Who has supervision over component cities?
Published	03/07/2025	“No province, city, municipality, or barangay may be created, divided, merged, abolished, or its boundary substantially altered, except in accordance …
Published	03/07/2025	Who can create LGUs?
Published	03/07/2025	What is the effect of LGUs created by the President before 1992?
Published	03/07/2025	An LGU created by executive fiat which operated or functioned {{c2::without interruption for a considerable length of time}} is considered a {{c1…
Published	03/07/2025	Does Congress have the power to incorporate other Autonomous Regions other than Muslim Mindanao and the Cordilleras?
Published	03/07/2025	When is the creation of the autonomous region effective?
Published	03/07/2025	Who has the power to merge administrative regions?
Published	03/07/2025	Which of the following does NOT have the authoirty to create barangays under the LGC?sangguniang panlalawigansangguniang panlungsodsangguniang bayan
Published	03/07/2025	When is an LGU deemed created? {{c1::On the day its charter takes effect}}When is an LGU deemed incorporated? {{c1::On the day the charter is app…
Published	03/07/2025	What is required when a municipality is converted into an independent component city and when the later is later converted to a component city?
Published	03/07/2025	Who has jurisdiction over plebiscite cases?
Published	03/07/2025	When does the LGU's corporate existence commence?
Published	03/07/2025	Requirements for creation of local governments are
Published	03/07/2025	What criteria is material in the creation of an LGU?
Published	03/07/2025	Depending on the type of LGU created, the presence of all the requirements of Population (P), Land Area (LA) and Income (Y) may vary:Barangay - {…
Published	03/07/2025	What happens when a municipality is converted to a city?
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