Practice question
Both spouses qualify and invoke the business-purpose privilege. Each proposes 4,000 square meters urban, asserting marriage doubles the aggregate maximum to 10,000. Which is correct?
- Their total acquisition under the privilege remains subject to the fixed aggregate maximum.
- Each marriage automatically doubles every constitutional land limit.
- The total 8,000 is below 5,000.
- Only the richer spouse's holdings count.
- A private marital agreement repeals the provision.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution ArticleXII Sections2-3 and7-8: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- RA8179 Section5, former natural-born citizen business-purpose land limits: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1996/ra_8179_1996.html
- 2022 IRR of RA11647, continuing former-natural-born land provisions: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/5/96433
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