TEXTBOOK ON THE PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION
2. Meaning of decentralization ............................................. 478 3. Reasons for granting local autonomy ................................ 478
SECTION 14
1. Regional development councils or other similar bodies ... 492
SECTION 3
AUTONOMOUS REGIONS SECTION 15
1. Enactment of local government code ................................ 480 2. Mechanisms of recall, initiative, and referendum ........... 481
1. Creation of autonomous regions ........................................ 493 2. Composition and condition for creation of autonomous regions .................................................. 494
SECTION 4
1. Supervisory power of President over local governments ............................................................. 482 2. Supervisory power of provinces and cities with respect to component units .................................................. 483
SECTION 16
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General supervisory power of the President over autonomous regions .................................................. 494
SECTION 5
SECTION 17
1. Taxing power of local governments .................................. 483
1. Residual powers vested in the National Government...... 495
SECTION 6
SECTION 18
1. Automatic release of share in national taxes ................... 485
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Enactment and ratification of an organic act for each autonomous region.................................................... 496
SECTION 7
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Share in proceeds of utilization and development of national wealth .................................................... 485
SECTION 19
1. Time frame for the passage of organic acts....................... 497
SECTION 8
SECTION 20
1. Term of office of elective local officials ............................. 486
1. Legislative powers of autonomous regions ....................... 498
SECTION 9
1. Sectoral representation in local legislative bodies .......... 487
SECTION 21
1. Preservation of peace and order within the regions......... 499
SECTION 10
1. Creation, division, merger, etc., of any local unit............. 488
ARTICLE XI — ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS SECTION 1
SECTION 11
1. Creation of special metropolitan political subdivisions ... 489
1. Meaning of public office and public officer ........................ 500 2. Nature of public office ........................................................ 500 3. Meaning of officer and employee ....................................... 501 4. Public office, a public trust ................................................ 501 5. Accountability to the people............................................... 504 6. Importance of maintaining public trust in public officers ........................................................ 504
SECTION 12
1. Component cities and highly urbanized cities.................. 490
SECTION 13
1. Grouping of local government units .................................. 491
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