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Practice question: Power Relative to Natural Resources

Multiple Choice Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

Congress considers terms for holding lands of the public domain. An adviser says conservation and ecology are irrelevant because development is the only constitutional consideration. Which answer follows Section 3?
  1. The adviser is correct for every disposition
  2. Only resale profit may be considered
  3. Agrarian reform must always be ignored
  4. The Constitution forbids any legislative conditions
  5. Conservation, ecology and development must be considered, subject to agrarian-reform requirements

Legal references

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

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