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Practice question: General and Special

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Does membership of one litigant in an indigenous community automatically put every property dispute within NCIP’s limited jurisdiction?
  1. No; the statutory subject and required relationships must be examined
  2. Yes; party identity alone always controls
  3. Yes; regular courts lose all authority
  4. Yes; every civil dispute becomes ancestral-domain delineation
  5. Yes; the caption alone decides

Legal references

  • Galang v Wallis GR223434 July3,2019 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2019/jul2019/gr_223434_2019.html
  • SEC v Bonifacio GR198425 etal January30,2024 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/jan2024/gr_198425_2024.html

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