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What constitutional provision limits judicial review of COMELEC decisions to questions of grave abuse of discretion?
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Article IX-C, Section 2(2) of the 1987 Constitution
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Under what executive order is the Energy Regulatory Board empowered to issue provisional rate adjustments pending hearings?
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Executive Order No. 172
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What executive orders created and reconstituted PACLAP but did not grant it quasi-judicial powers?
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E.O. No. 251, 305, 832
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What administrative circular prohibits forum shopping by filing multiple suits involving the same parties, issues, and reliefs?
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SC Administrative Circular No. 04-94
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What constitutional provision grants the President control over all executive departments to ensure faithful execution of laws?
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1987 Constitution, Article VII, Section 17
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Under what law does the Administrative Code of 1987 grant the President continuing authority to reorganize the executive branch?
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Administrative Code of 1987
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What defines a government-owned or controlled corporation (GOCC) under the Administrative Code?
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Organized as stock or non-stock corporation, vested with public functions, owned by government at least 51%
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What law punishes corrupt acts of public officers and extends jurisdiction to certain private persons?
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RA 3019 (Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act)
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What Civil Code article classifies airports as properties of public dominion owned by the State?
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Article 420
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Under what Local Government Code sections are local governments prohibited from taxing national instrumentalities without express authorization?
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Sections 133(o), 193, and 243(a)
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What Local Government Code provision exempts properties of the Republic intended for public use from real property tax?
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Section 234(a)
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What Presidential Decree governs trust funds held by government agencies, requiring appropriation or COA settlement for disbursement?
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PD No. 1445 (Government Auditing Code)
13
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What constitutional mandate requires that no money be paid out of the Treasury except pursuant to an appropriation by law?
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1987 Constitution, implied in Article VI on legislative appropriations
14
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Under what Local Government Code sections is the Republic exempt from local taxation unless beneficial use is granted to taxable entities?
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Sections 133(o) and 234(a)
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What law integrates all allowances into standardized salaries, except for incumbents as of July 1, 1989?
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RA 6758 (Salary Standardization Law), Section 12
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What constitutional provision establishes the Civil Service Commission as the central personnel agency?
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1987 Constitution, Article IX-B, Section 3
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Under what code may preventive suspension be imposed for charges involving grave misconduct, limited to 90 days?
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Revised Administrative Code of 1987
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What Local Government Code section allows appeal of denied tax protests to a court of competent jurisdiction?
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Section 195
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What defines 'business' under the Local Government Code as trade or commercial activity for profit?
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Section 131(d)
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Under what law are condominium corporations limited to holding common areas and managing projects, not profit-making?
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RA 4726 (Condominium Act), Section 10
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What Commonwealth Act imposes taxes on lending investors, defining them as those lending money at interest?
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CA 466, Sections 182(A)(3)(dd), 195-A, 194(u)
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What constitutional provision grants the President control over executive departments via qualified political agency?
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1987 Constitution, Article VII, Section 17
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Under what executive order does the Administrative Code grant residual reorganization powers to the President?
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EO 292, Section 20
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What law provides the President authority to reorganize regions under the ARMM Organic Act?
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RA 6734, Article XIX, Section 13
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Under what Administrative Code sections does the President have continuing authority to reorganize the Office of the President?
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Sections 31 and 20
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What law grants the President continuing authority to reorganize government structure?
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PD 1416, as amended by PD 1722
27
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What constitutional provision empowers judicial review of quasi-legislative acts like NTC regulations?
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1987 Constitution, Article VIII, Section 1
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Under what law are telecommunications franchises constitutionally non-exclusive?
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1987 Constitution, Article XII, Section 11
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What laws grant the Laguna Lake Development Authority exclusive jurisdiction over lake permits?
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RA 4850, as amended by PD 813 and EO 927
30
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Why does the Local Government Code not repeal LLDA's authority as a special law?
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General law vs. special law; no express repeal