Section 26
SEC. 26. Legislative procedure.&mdashThe first meeting of the newly elected City Council shall be held at ten o'clock in the morning of the first day of January following its election, after which the council shall meet regularly at such times and on such days as may be prescribed by resolution but not less frequently than twice each week. The Mayor, at his instance or at the request of any three members of the council, may call special meetings of the council upon at least twelve hours notice to each member. Such notice shall be delivered personally to each member or left at his usual place of residence with some responsible person. All meetings of the council at which any official business is transacted shall be open to the public unless otherwise ordered by an affirmative vote of majority of all the members of the council. The council shall determine its own order of business and rules of procedure not herein set forth, punish the members for disorderly conduct, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds of all the members of the council, may suspend a member for not more than sixty days, and by the same vote but subject to the approval of the President, may expel a member. Five members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day and compel the immediate attendance of any member by issuing to the police of the city an order for his arrest and under such penalties as shall have been previously prescribed by ordinance. The affirmative vote of five members shall be necessary for the passage of any ordinance or resolution directing the payment of money or creating liability. Ordinary motions or resolutions may be approved by a majority of those present. Except in cases where the vote is unanimous, the ayes and nays shall be taken and recorded upon the passage of an ordinance, and upon the request of any member, upon any resolution or motion. Except as may be otherwise expressly provided in this Charter, all legislation, including, but not limited to, all acts establishing a fine or other penalty or providing for the expenditure of public funds, or for the contracting of indebtedness or liability, shall be by ordinance. Each ordinance shall contain a single purpose of enactment which must be expressed in the title of the ordinance and begin with the words: "The Council of the City of Cebu hereby ordains." Each ordinance and each resolution shall be presented in writing and read in full before a vote is taken thereon, provided that the reading of the resolution may be dispensed with by unanimous consent. Except for emergency ordinances, which shall be so certified by the Mayor, and appropriation ordinances, no ordinance shall be passed unless the same is published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, to be determined by the City Council and until at least two days have elapsed between its publication and final passage.