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Practice question: Nationality Restrictions on Land Ownership (Const., Art. XII, Secs. 7–8)

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

What maximum number and location condition applies to lots acquired under that provision?
  1. Any number in the same city without limit.
  2. Exactly twenty lots anywhere.
  3. Not more than two lots, in different municipalities or cities, subject to total limits.
  4. Only one foreign lot.
  5. No lot may ever be acquired under 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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