Practice question
An agency prepares a jurisdictional atlas. For an undisputed Philippine outlying island it uses valid normal baselines, but its legend says the Philippines has no sovereignty over the waters landward of those baselines or their airspace because the island is outside the main archipelagic enclosure. Which revision is legally supported?
- Mark the island itself as foreign without further inquiry
- Show only the capital city as sovereign territory
- Recognize sovereignty over those landward waters and associated airspace, bed and subsoil under RA 12064
- Classify every surrounding ocean as internal water without limit
- Convert the area to private corporate territory
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Article I.
- RA 12064 (November 7, 2024), Philippine Maritime Zones Act: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/98027; Sections 3(b), 4.
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