INHERENT POWERS OF THE STATE
Understanding Inherent Powers of the State
Test your knowledge on the inherent powers of the state, particularly in relation to police power and eminent domain. This quiz covers various ordinances and legal principles that govern municipal authority and land use.
Key topics include:
- Police power exercises
- Zoning classifications
- Just compensation in eminent domain
- Regulations surrounding public utilities
The Quezon City ordinance which required commercial cemetery owners to reserve 6% of burial lots for paupers is a valid exercise of police power.
Valid
Invalid
An ordinance aimed at relieving traffic congestion, declared bus terminals as nuisances per se and ordered their closure or relocation. Such ordinance is anchored on the valid exercise of Police power.
Valid
Invalid
A City of Manila Ordinance No. 7783, which prohibited “the establishment or operation of businesses providing certain forms of amusement, entertainment, services and facilities in the Ermita-Malate area”. The former contended that such ordinance as a valid exercise of Police power, shares the concern of the public for the cleansing of the Ermita-Malate area of its social sins.
Valid
Invalid
The authority of a municipality to issue zoning classification is an exercise of the police power. A zoning ordinance is defined as a local city or municipal legislation which logically arranges, prescribes, defines and apportions a given political subdivision into specific land uses as present and future projection of needs.
True
False
When the property condemned is usually noxious or intended for a noxious purpose, no compensation is paid.
True
False
The judicial courts has the power to inquire into the legality of the exercise of the right of eminent domain and to determine whether there is a genuine necessity for it.
True
False
The owner of the property can recover possession of the property from squatters, even if he agreed to transfer the property to the Government.
True
False
PD 76, which fixes payment on the basis of the assessment by the assessor or the declared valuation by the owner is a valid determination of payment for just compensation.
True
False
The owner of land subject to expropriation may still dispose of the same before payment of just compensation
True
False
When the exigencies of the times necessitate the government to temporarily take over or direct the operation of any privately owned public utility or business affected with public interest, the State, in effecting the temporary takeover is a valid exercise of the Power of Eminent Domain.
Valid
Invalid
Where tax exemption is granted gratuitously, it may be revoked at will; but not if granted for a valuable consideration.
True
False
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