Practice question
A qualified Filipino applicant and predecessors have the required open, continuous, exclusive and notorious possession under a bona fide ownership claim for twenty-three years immediately before filing. The properly identified three-hectare land is duly proved alienable and disposable and is not already covered by a title or patent. May the claim be rejected solely because possession did not begin by June 12, 1945?
- Yes, that date remains mandatory in every case
- Yes, twenty-three years is always insufficient
- Yes, only wartime possession counts
- Yes, classification evidence is irrelevant
- No; the amended twenty-year test governs this route, subject to proving all requirements
Legal references
- RA 11573, Sections 4 and 6: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2021/ra_11573_2021.html
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