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An information is filed in the Municipal Trial Court (MTC) of Legazpi City charging the accused with trafficking in persons in large scale in violation of RA 9208. The information states that on a date within Legazpi City, the accused recruited and deployed a single overseas Filipino worker through a non-registered recruitment firm, thereby committing trafficking in persons in large scale as defined by the statute. The MTC has jurisdiction over offenses punishable by six years or less. Large-scale trafficking is punishable by twenty to forty years of imprisonment. The accused moves to quash on the ground of lack of jurisdiction over the subject matter. (a) Identify the controlling doctrine and the specific ground invoked; (b) Distinguish lack of jurisdiction over the subject matter from lack of jurisdiction over the person and from insufficiency of the information; (c) Apply the doctrine to these facts and state the proper ruling.