Practice question
Both spouses are former natural-born Filipinos invoking BP 185 for residential acquisitions. Each proposes to acquire 800 square meters of urban residential land, claiming the couple may ignore the statutory aggregate limit. Which is correct?
- Each spouse always gets a separate unlimited area
- The marriage eliminates every land restriction
- Only the larger lot counts
- BP 185 provides that if both avail, their total acquisition must remain within the statutory maximum; the proposed 1,600 square meters exceeds the urban ceiling
- Any urban acquisition automatically permits unlimited rural land too
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html — Constitution, Article XII sections 2–3 and 7–8
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/bataspam/bp1982/bp_185_1982.html — BP 185, sections 1–3, former natural-born citizens residential land
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1996/ra_8179_1996.html — RA 8179, section 5, former natural-born citizens business or other purposes
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