BOOK II: LOCAL TAXATION AND FISCAL MATTERS
[Sections 128 to 383]
TITLE ONE. – LOCAL GOVERNMENT TAXATION
CHAPTER 1 – GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 128. Scope.- The provisions herein shall govern the exercise by provinces, cities, municipalities, and barangays of their taxing and other revenue-raising powers.
BOOK III: LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS
[Sections 384 to 510]
TITLE ONE. – THE BARANGAY
CHAPTER 1 – ROLE AND CREATION OF THE BARANGAY
SEC. 384. Role of the Barangay. – As the basic political unit, the barangay serves as the primary planning and implementing unit of government policies, plans, programs, projects, and activities in the community, and as a forum wherein the collective views of the people may be expressed, crystallized and considered, and where disputes may be amicably settled.
BOOK IV: MISCELLANEOUS AND FINAL PROVISIONS
[Sections 511 to 536]
TITLE ONE. – PENAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 511. Posting and Publication of Ordinances with Penal Sanctions. – (a) ordinances with penal sanctions shall be posted at prominent places in the provincial capitol, city, municipal or barangay hall, as the case may be, for a minimum period of three (3) consecutive weeks. Such ordinances shall also be published in a newspaper of general circulation, where available, within the territorial jurisdiction of the local government unit concerned, except in the case of barangay ordinances. Unless otherwise provided therein, said ordinances shall take effect on the day following its publication, or at the end of the period of posting, whichever occurs later.
BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG 881
OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
December 3, 1985
ARTICLE I.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 1. Title. – This Act shall be known and cited as the “Omnibus Election Code of the Philippines.”
Sec. 2. Applicability. – This Code shall govern all election of public officers and, to the extent appropriate, all referenda and plebiscites.
PREAMBLE
We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty God, in order to build a just and humane society, and establish a Government that shall embody our ideals and aspirations, promote the common good, conserve and develop our patrimony, and secure to ourselves and our posterity, the blessings of independence and democracy under the rule of law and a regime of truth, justice, freedom, love, equality, and peace, do ordain and promulgate this Constitution.
