RA 7160 (Local Government Code of 1991) Section 453

Duty to Declare Highly Urbanized Status.

Section 453

SECTION 453. Duty to Declare Highly Urbanized Status. - It shall be the duty of the President to declare a city as highly urbanized within thirty (30) days after it shall have met the minimum requirements prescribed in the immediately preceding section, upon proper application therefor and ratification in a plebiscite by the qualified voters therein.

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