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Practice question: Critical Infrastructure

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

A foreign state-owned enterprise already held capital in critical infrastructure before RA 11659 took effect. It argues that grandfathering necessarily permits unlimited additional investment afterward. Which is correct under section 24?
  1. All future additions are automatically protected
  2. Preexisting holdings do not create unlimited future rights; the statute prohibits additional capital investment, subject to its stated fund exception
  3. Every old holding automatically vanishes
  4. Only the entity’s logo decides
  5. State ownership is irrelevant under the section

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2022/ra_11659_2022.html — RA 11659, sections 2(e), 24 and 25

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