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RA 5261 Section 66

RA 5261 Section 66

Hearing of protest.

Section 66

SEC. 66. Hearing of protest.—The City Council shall designate a date and place for the hearing of the protest , in accordance with the next preceding section and shall give reasonable time to all protestants who have their addresses and to all landowners affected by protest or protests, and shall order the publication once a week for two consecutive weeks, of a notice of the place and date of the hearing in the same manner herein provided for the publication of the proposed special assessment ordinance. All pertinent arguments and evidence presented by the landowners interested or by their attorneys shall be attached to the proper records. After the hearing, the City Council shall either modify its ordinance or approve it in toto and send notice of its decision to all interested parties who have given their addresses, and shall order the publication of the ordinance as approved finally, together with a list of the owners of the parcels of land affected by the special assessment, three times, weekly, for two consecutive weeks, in the same manner herein-above prescribed. The ordinance finally passed by said body shall be sent to the Mayor with all the papers pertaining thereto for his approval or veto as in the case of other city ordinances. If the Mayor approves it, the ordinance shall be published as hereinabove provided, but if he vetoes it, the procedure in similar cases provided in this Act shall be observed.

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CitationRA 5261 Section 66 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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