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Practice question: Acquisition, Ownership, and Transfer of Public and Private Lands

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Explain why a foreign investor's permitted long-term lease does not itself establish constitutional qualification to own the private land.

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution, Article XII, Sections 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
  • Republic Act No. 12252, amending the Investors Lease Act, especially Section 2: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2025/ra_12252_2025.html

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