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RA 5478 Section 81

RA 5478 Section 81

Bearing of protest.

Section 81

SEC. 81. Bearing of protest.—The City Board shall designate a date and place for the hearing of the protest filed in accordance with the next preceding section and shall give reasonable time to all protestants who have given their addresses, and shall order the publication once a week, during 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 evidences presented by the landowners interested or their attorneys shall be appended to the proper records. After the hearing, the City Board 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. 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 above provided, but if he vetoes it the procedure in similar cases provided in this Act shall be observed.

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CitationRA 5478 Section 81 (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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