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Baz Digest (Local Governments)

Ji
menezv.Baz(
1996)
Mend
ozaJ.

FACTS:
I
n19 49,pur suantt oE. O.2 58oft henPr esi
dentQui r
ino,theMu nici
pal
it
yofSinac abanwasc r
eated.Sai dorderpro vi
deda
1
t
echnic
aldes cri
ption  ofSina cab an ’
sme tesandb ounds ,accordin
gt owhichtheMu nici
pali
t
ywo uldcu ti
nt
ot hes ou th
ern
por
ti
onoft heMuni ci
pal i
tyofJ i
menez .
• 1988:Pur suantt os aidt ec hnicaldescri
pti
on,Si nacabanlaidwit
hthePr ovinci
alBoardac l
aimtoapor t
ionof
par t
ic ul
arbar ri
os.Howe ver,theMuni c
ipali
t
yofJ i
menez,whi l
econcedingt hatunderE.O.258t hedis putedar eais
par tofSi nac aban,a sser tedjurisdic
ti
ono verthes amea reasonthebas isofanagr eeme ntithadenteredi ntowith
th
eSi naca ban.
o Sai da greeme ntwa sa pprovedb ythePr ovi
ncia
lBo ardofMisami sOc ci
dental
,initsRe sol
uti
o nNo .77
whi chpr ovidedt hatb arri
osMac abayao,Si ti
oAdorableandsiteaspar tofJimenez .
• ThePr ovi
nc ialBoar ddec l
aredt hedisputedar eapartofSinacaban.
o HELD:Th er e solutiona pprovi
ngt hea greementbetweenthemu nici
pali
ti
eswasv oi
dbe causet heBo ard
hadnopo we rtoal tertheb oundari
esa sfixedinE.O.2 58.

J
imenezfi
lesapet
i
ti
onerf
orc
ert
i
orar
i,mandamus
,andpr
ohi
bi
ti
onwi
t
htheRTC.
•
Foll
owingt hePel aezv .AuditorGener aldoctri
ne,J i
menezc ontendst hat“
thepowert oc r
eatemuni c
ipali
ti
esis
essenti
all
yl egisl
ati
ve,andc ons equentl
y,Sinacaban,whi chwasc reatedbyanex ecuti
veorder,hadnol egal
personal
it
yandnor ighttoas ser tater
rit
ori
al cl
aim.
• RTCr ul
edinSi nacban’sfavor.
o Th atSi nacabani sadef acto c
orporati
ons inceithadcompl etel
yorganizeditsel
fevenpr i
ortothePelaez
cas eandex ercisedcor poratepower sforfort
yy ear
sbeforet heexist
encewasques ti
oned;
o Th atJ imenezdi dn othav ethelegals t
and i
ngtoqu esti
onthee x
ist
enceo fSinacaban,thesameb ei
ng
rever sedtotheSt at
ei nq uowa rr
anto proceedings;
o ThatJ imenezwases to
ppe df r
om ques ti
oningthelegalexi
s t
enc eofSinacabanaf t
erha vi
ngenteredint
o
anagr eementwi t
hi t
;
o Th ata nyqu estionast oSi nacaban’
sl egalexist
enceha sbee nc ur
edbySe c44 2(
d)ofth eLGC,whi c
h
prov
ides:Muni
cipal
i
ti
esex
ist
ingasoft
hedat
eoft
heeffec
ti
vi
tyoft
hisCodes
hal
lcont
i
nuet
oex
istand
operat
eass uc
h.

Wo N Si
nacab anlegall
ye xis
ts (Ye s,asadef act oc orporati
ons )
Though,asr uledinPe la
ezv .Au dit
orGe neral,thec reat
ionofmuni cipalcorpor
ati
onsi ses senti
al
lyalegisl
ati
vemat t
era nd
cannotbecreat edbyt hee xecutive,thec ourthass i
ncehel dthatwher eamuni ci
palit
yc reatedassuchb ye x
ec ut
iv
eor der
i
slateri
mpliedlyrecognized,i t
scr eati
onc annol ongerbeques t
ioned.
• I
nthec aseofMuni cipalit
yofSanNar ci
s o,Qu ezonv .Mendez ,Sr,theSCtooki ntoc onsi
derat
ionthefoll
owing
f
act
or s:
1. Thef actthatfornear l
y30y earsthev ali
dit
yofthec reati
onoft hemunicipali
tyhadnev erbeenc hal
lenged;
2. Thef actthatfol
lowi ngther ul
inginPel aeznoquowar rantosuitwasfiledt oques ti
onthevali
dit
yofthe
ex ecut
iv
eor derc reat i
ngsuc hmuni cipalit
y;
3. Thef actthatthemuni cipal
it
ywasl aterc l
assifi
edasafi fthclassmunicipali
tyintheCons ti
t
utionapporti
oni
ng
thes eat
si ntheHous eofRepr esentat i
ves.

1  Technical Description: On the north by a line starting from point 1, the center of the lighthouse on the Tabo-o point
S. 840 0!"., #,$%0 meters to point $ &hich is on the ban' of (alilan )i*er branch+ thence follo&ing (alilan )i*er
branch $,400 meters south&esterly to point , thence a straight line S 8#0 00! ", $$,%%0 meters to point 4, &here this
intersects the isamis Occiental-/amboanga bounary+ on the &est, by the present isamis Occiental- /amboanga
bounary+ an on the south by the present imene-Tuela bounary+ an on the east, by the limits of the municipal
&aters &hich the municipality of Sinacaban shall ha*e pursuant to section $$1 of the )e*ise 2ministrati*e 3oe,
Description base on ata sho&n in 5nlarge ap of (oblacion of imene, Scale 1:8:0006.

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4
. ThattheSe c.442 (d)o ftheL GCwa scurat
ive.
o Thesamef actorse xi
s ttoconf eronSi nac abant hest a
t usofatl eastadef actomuni cipalcorpor
aton.
i
• I
tmustbek eptinmi ndt hatSin acab anwasc r
eat edi n19 49 ,andi thastheref
orebeeni nexistenceforalr
eady40
y
ear
sbef or
ei twasques ti
oned.
o Thi
si semp hasi zedgiv ent hatRu le66(16) ,onq uowa r rantosuitsagains
tac or porat
ion,mus tbe
comme ncedwi thi
n5y ear sfromt heti
met h ea ctco mp lainedofwa sdone.
o Ont hec ontrary, t
heSt atean dJ imenezitsel fhasr ecog niz edSinacaban’
sex istence.
 Judici
ar yReor gani zationActof1980:Si nac abani sconsti
tut
edaspar tofthemuni cipal
circ
uitf
or
purpos esoft hees tabli
shmentofMuni cipal CircuitTri
alCourts.
 Ji
menez -
Sinac abanAgr eement -Speak sfori t
s elf
.
Or
 dinan ceap pe nd edt othe1987Con st
itu
tion:Appor ti
oninglegi
slati
vedi s
tri
ctsthroughoutthe
country, whic
hc ons ideredSinac ab anpar to ftheSec ondDi st
ri
ct
.
o More over,i
n deed ,Se c.4 42 (d)oftheLGCi sd eeme dt oha vecuredwh ateverd oubtstherema yha v
ebe en
t
oSi nac aban.

WoN Sec.442(d)oftheLGC i
sinval
idinfai
l
ingt
oconf
ormt
othecons
ti
tut
ionalandst
atut
oryr
equi
rementofpl
ebi
sci
t
ein
t
hecr
eationofnewmuni c
ipal
ies(
t
i No)
• Fir
stofal
l,t
herequi
rementonlyappl
iest
onewmuni
ci
pal
i
ti
escreat
edunderthe1987Const
it
uti
on.
•
Secondly,Si
nacabanhada t
tai
neddef
aco 
t st
atusatthet
imethe1987Consti
tuti
ontookeffect
.
• Thi
rdl
y,therequir
ementofplebi
sci
t
ewasfisti
ntroducedi
nthe1973Consti
t
utionwhichtookeffec
tonJanuar
y17,
1973.Itcannot
,ther
efor
e,beappli
edt
omunici
pal c
orpor
ati
onscr
eatedbef
ore,suchasthemunici
pal
i
tyof
Sin
ac a
ba n(1949).

Wo
Nth
eRT Ce r
redinor deri
ngar el
ocatio
ns urv
eyoftheb oundar
yo fSinacaban (
No)
•Theb arri
ose numer a
tedi nE.O.258a r
en otnecessari
l
yexc l
usi
ve.“Sina
cabanc ontai
ns…”ma yin
clu
deo t
hers.
•Wheth erorno ttheagreemen tenter
edintobyJimenezandSi nacabanisv al
i
dwi l
lbedeter
minedbytheresul
tof
thesurvey.
o Pelaezv .Audit
orGe nera:Powerofpr
l o
vinci
alboardstosettl
eboundarydisputesi
s"ofanadmini
st
rat
ive
nature.”Thusitisli
mitedtoimpl
ement i
ngthelaw,andnotamendi ngit.
o I
fanyalt
erat
ionsofboundar
iesweremade,Resol
uti
on77cannotbesaidt
obemer el
yadmini
str
ati
ve,nor
v
ali
d.Ingi
st,ifRes
olut
ion77 i
scont
rar
ytothet
echnic
aldes
cri
pti
onofthet
err
it
oryofSinac
aban,i
tcannot
b
eu sedbyJ i
me ne
za sbasi
sforoppos
ingthec
lai
m.

WHEREFORE,t
hepet
it
ioni
sDENI
ED

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