Practice question
A qualified applicant proves eight years of personal possession and a connected predecessor’s fourteen immediately preceding years, all in the required manner without interruption. May the claim be rejected solely because personal possession is less than twenty years?
- Yes, predecessor possession never counts
- Yes, only the applicant’s age matters
- Yes, transfers always restart time
- Only if the predecessor gives an oral veto
- No; the statute permits qualifying connected predecessor possession to be considered
Legal references
- RA11573, Sections5-7, amended CA141 Section 48 and PD1529 Section 14: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2021/ra_11573_2021.html
- Republic v. Pasig Rizal Co., Inc., G.R. No.213207, February 15, 2022, MAIN en banc decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2022/feb2022/gr_213207_2022.html
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