Practice question
A person duly registered as a foundling in infancy reached majority without adoption before the Act. An officer excludes the person from 3 solely because the person is now an adult. Which is correct?
- Current adulthood alone necessarily defeats the definition.
- Adoption is always indispensable to foundling coverage.
- Only the officer's preferred age cutoff controls.
- The express adult-inclusion clause must be applied to those stipulated facts.
- The person must first obtain a foreign passport.
Legal references
- RA11767 Sections3-5 and9-11, foundling status and registration: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2022/ra_11767_2022.html
- 1987 Constitution ArticleIV and applicable office-specific qualifications: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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