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Practice question: Anti-Plunder Act (RA 7080, as amended by RA 7659)

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Does Section6 apply that same temporal bar to the State’s specified recovery of unlawfully acquired property?
  1. No; that recovery is not barred by prescription, laches or estoppel
  2. Yes; all recovery ends after twenty years
  3. Yes; every nominee gains title after one year
  4. Yes; laches always defeats recovery
  5. Yes; a transfer automatically legalizes the property

Legal references

  • RA7080 Sections1–3 and5–6, read with RA7659: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7080_1991.html
  • RA7659 Section12, amended plunder provision: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1993/ra_7659_1993.html

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