Tatel vs. Municipality of Virac
Tatel vs. Municipality of Virac
Tatel vs. Municipality of Virac
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* SECOND DIVISION.
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NOCON, J.:
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2 Ibid.
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3 Velasco vs. Mayor Villegas, G.R. No. 24153, 120 SCRA 568, (1983).
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„The municipal council shall enact such ordinances and make such
regulations, not repugnant to law, as may be necessary to carry into
effect and discharge the powers and duties conferred upon it by law
and such as shall seem necessary and proper to provide for the
health and safety, promote the prosperity, improve the morals,
peace, good order, comfort and convenience of the municipality and
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the inhabitants thereof, and for the protection of property therein.‰
Section 1 provides:
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7 p. 46, Ibid.
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Clearly, the lower court did NOT add meaning other than
or different from what was provided in the ordinance in
question. It merely stated the purpose of the ordinance and
what it intends to prohibit to accomplish its purpose.
As to the third assignment of error, that warehouses
similarly situated as that of petitioner were not prosecuted,
suffice it to say that the mere fact that the municipal
authorities of Virac have not proceeded against other
warehouses in the municipality allegedly violating
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Petition dismissed.
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