Practice question
A statute proposes an initial thirty-year lease of alienable public agricultural land to a private corporation. The area is only 600 hectares, and all other requirements are assumed satisfied. Proponents say compliance with the area ceiling cures any term issue. Which is correct?
- The initial lease exceeds the twenty-five-year constitutional maximum despite acceptable area
- The one-thousand-hectare rule removes every term limit
- Thirty years is allowed because no renewal is promised
- The corporation automatically owns the land after signing
- Only the corporation’s bylaws determine duration
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Article XII, Section 3.
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