G.R. No.

L-27013 October 18, 1977

Mascuana vs provincial board of negros occidental
A municipal ordinance is not the same as a resolution of the municipal
council. Legislative acts passed by the municipal council in the exercise of
its lawmaking authority are denominted ordinances (Sec. 2227, Revised
Administrative Code).
A resolution is less solemn and formal than an ordinance. It "is an act of a
special or temporary character, not prescribing a permanent rule of
government, but is merely declaratory of the win or opinion of a municipal
corporation in a given matter, and in the nature of a ministerial or
administrative act, and is not a law" (62 C.J.S. 786-7).

G.R. No. 127820 July 20, 1998

MUNICIPALITY OF PARAAQUE, vs V.M. REALTY CORPORATION
An ordinance is a law, but a resolution is merely a declaration of the sentiment or
opinion of a lawmaking body on a specific matter. An ordinance possesses a general
and permanent character, but a resolution is temporary in nature. Additionally, the two
are enacted differently a third reading is necessary for an ordinance, but not for a
resolution, unless decided otherwise by a majority of all the Sanggunian members.
Sec. 3. Petition for mandamus.
When any tribunal, corporation, board, officer or person
unlawfully neglects the performance of an act which the law
specifically enjoins as a duty resulting from an office, trust,
or station, or unlawfully excludes another from the use and
enjoyment of a right or office to which such other is entitled,
and there is no other plain, speedy and adequate remedy in the

ordinary course of law, the person aggrieved thereby may file a

verified petition in the proper court, alleging the facts with
certainty and praying that judgment be rendered commanding the
respondent, immediately or at some other time to be specified by
the court, to do the act required to be done to protect the
rights of the petitioner, and to pay the damages sustained by the
petitioner by reason of the wrongful acts of the respondent.
The petition shall also contain a sworn certification of nonforum shopping as provided in the third paragraph of section 3,
Rule 46.