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Practice question: Reclassification of Lands

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Practice question

Where national-agency approval is required for reclassification, a proper and complete application remains unacted upon for the full three months after receipt. No different controlling rule or incomplete requirement is involved. What does Section 20(d) provide?
  1. Silence always means permanent rejection.
  2. Failure to act within the specified period is deemed approval of that application.
  3. The mayor may abolish all agrarian rights.
  4. Approval occurs only after thirty years.
  5. Every future application by the same owner is also approved.

Legal references

  • Republic Act No. 7160, Section 20: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7160_1991.html

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