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Zamora Vs Caballero
Zamora Vs Caballero
ANNOTATED
Zamora vs. Caballero
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G.R. No. 147767. January 14, 2004..
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* THIRD DIVISION.
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CARPIO-MORALES, J.:
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1 Rollo at p. 43.
2Id., at p. 6.
3Id., at pp. 45-46. In attendance were:
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Government Code of 1991 (LGC).
Respondents, on the other hand,
contended that since Board
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Member Sotto
was in the United States at the time the
questioned acts were executed and
resolutions adopted, the actual number of
Board Members then in the country was
thirteen which should be the basis of the
determination of a quorum.
Branch 3 of the RTC of Nabunturan,
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at
Compostela Valley, by Order of April 24,
2001, dismissed the petition upon the
following ratiocination:
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23 83 Phil. 17 (1949).
24 Rollo at p. 13.
25Id., at pp. 164, 169-170.
26Id., at pp. 164, 170-172.
27 277 SCRA 268 (1997).
28 34 Phil. 729 (1916).
29Id., at p. 733.
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30 Rollo at p. 64.
31Id.,at pp. 112-113, 120-121. Those who voted
were Armando C. Codilla, Raul S. Basañes, Armando
L. Seras, Ruwel Peter S. Gonzaga, Belinda G. Apawan
and Graciano C. Arafol with Rolando Osorio as
presiding officer.
32 Rollo at pp. 59, 62, 106-107.
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37 Rollo at p. 171.
38Supra.
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Section 10. x x x
(2) A majority of each House shall constitute
a quorum to do business, but a smaller number
may adjourn from day to day and may compel
the attendance of absent Members in such
manner and under43 such penalties as such
House may provide. (Emphasis supplied)
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40 Rollo at p. 19.
41 Section 2, Rule 129, Rules of Court.
42 Salamera v. Sandiganbayan, 303 SCRA 217, 229
(1999).
43 The 1987 Philippine Constitution contains a
similarly worded provision in Article VI, Section
16(2).
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Rugas vs. People
SO ORDERED.
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