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Practice question: Regalian Doctrine (Const., Art. XII, Sec. 2)

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Under Article XII Section 3, how may private corporations generally hold alienable public-domain land under the stated constitutional rule?
  1. By unrestricted purchase of any public-domain land.
  2. By announcing ownership on social media.
  3. By lease within its constitutional limits, rather than acquisition as owner.
  4. Only by private squatting.
  5. By automatically acquiring every parcel they survey.

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution ArticleXII Sections2-3 and7-8: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
  • RA11573 Section6, amended PD1529 Section14: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2021/ra_11573_2021.html

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