Practice question
An applicant was properly declared incompetent but later obtains the proper authority’s declaration that the condition no longer exists. Other qualifications are met. May officials treat the earlier declaration as an irreversible lifetime bar under Section 11(c)?
- Yes, the statute allows no restoration
- Yes, later competent declarations are legally irrelevant
- Yes, a landlord may veto restoration
- No; the subsequent declaration must be considered under the statutory exception
- Yes, only ownership of land removes the bar
Legal references
- RA 8189: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1996/ra_8189_1996.html; Section 11(b)-(c).
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