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Practice question: Who are Filipino Citizens

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

Under Article IV, Section 4, what is the general effect of a Philippine citizen’s marriage to an alien?
  1. Marriage always and immediately removes Philippine citizenship.
  2. Marriage gives citizenship only to the alien spouse.
  3. The Filipino retains citizenship unless, by act or omission, the citizen is deemed under law to have renounced it.
  4. The Filipino must naturalize again on the wedding day.
  5. Citizenship is determined exclusively by the place of the wedding.

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution, Article IV: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353

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