Practice question
A national agency needs a strip of privately owned land for a public bridge approach. The owner declines the purchase offer. The agency argues that the public benefit permits it to acquire the strip without compensation. Which is correct?
- Public benefit automatically converts the strip into public property
- The refusal forfeits the owner's constitutional protection
- The agency may label the acquisition a donation
- A compulsory acquisition must comply with eminent-domain law and just compensation
- Compensation depends solely on whether the owner supports the bridge
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article III, Section 9: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Republic Act No. 10752, Sections 3 and 4, as amended by Republic Act No. 12289, Sections 3 and 4: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/99855
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