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THIRD DIVISION
JOSE ANSELMO I. CADIZ, G.R. No. 178941
LEONARD S. DE VERA, ROMULO
A. RIVERA, DANTE G. ILAYA,
PURA ANGELICA Y. SANTIAGO,
ROSARIO T. SETIAS-REYES, JOSE
VICENTE B. SALAZAR, MANUEL M.
MONZON, IMMANUEL L. SODUSTA,
CARLOS L. VALDEZ, JR., !"
LYDIA A. NAVARRO,
P#$%$%o!#&',
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THE HONORABLE PRESIDING
JUDGE, BR. 48, RTC-PUERTO P&o*)+$#"
PRINCESA !" GLENN C. GACOTT,
R#'o!"#!$'. A&%+ /7, /011
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DECISION
ABAD, J.
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HEREORE, $2# Co)&$ GRANTS $2# #$%$%o!, SETS ASIDE $2#
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SO ORDERED.
R)+# 7.01
888 MELING 888
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SUPREME COURT
M!%+
EN BANC
BAR MATTER No. 914 October 1, 1999
RE: APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO THE PHILIPPINE BAR,
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VICENTE D. CHIN, +%6!$.
R E S O L U T I O N
!APUNAN, J.:
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The filing of s!orn state"ent or for"al declaration is a
re&uire"ent for those !ho still have to elect citi$enship.
For those already Filipinos !hen the ti"e to elect ca"e up%
there are acts of deliberate choice !hich cannot be less
binding. E!$#&%! &o#''%o! o#! o!+5 $o %+%%!o',
'#&(%! %! )3+%6 o%6# 2# 6%$%;#!'2% %' @)+%%6$%o!,
(o$%! ")&%! #+#6$%o! $%*#, &)!!%! o& )3+%6 o%6#, !"
o$2#& 6$#o&%6+ 6$' o '%*%+& !$) $2#*'#+(#'
o&*+ *!%#'$$%o!' o& $2#'# #&'o!'.
n election of #hilippine citi$enship presupposes that the
person electing is an alien. O& 2%' '$$)' %' "o)3$)+
3#6)'# 2# %' !$%o!+ o $o 6o)!$&%#'. T2# %' !o
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SEVERINO . MARTINE', #$ %$%o!#&.
BEN'ON, C.J.:
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EN BANC
B.M. No. 44 Febr(#r) "4, 199"
EUFROSINA *. TAN, 6o*+%!!$,
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NICOLAS EL. SABANDAL, 'o!"#!$.
SBC No. %+9 Febr(#r) "4, 199"
MOISES B. BOUIA, 6o*+%!!$,
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NICOLAS EL. SABANDAL, 'o!"#!$.
SBC No. %1% Febr(#r) "4, 199"
HERVE DAPIN, 6o*+%!!$,('.
NICOLAS EL. SABANDAL, 'o!"#!$.
9elbert T) #aculan for respondent)
Moises *) *o&uia for hi"self and Herve (agpin)
R E S O L U T I O N
MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:
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+# o& *#&65 !" o&%(#!#'', 2%' %++%!!#'' $o o&* !" $2# '#(#&+
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Co*+%!6# 2#%$2 %' @)%" %$2%! $#! %
Inc)% for Cancellation of Title and?or Reversion pending in
this Court in !hich said respondent% per co"plaint filed by
the @ffice of the Solicitor -eneral% is alleged to have
secured a free patent and later a certificate of title to a
parcel of land !hich% upon investigation% turned out to be
a s!a"pland and not susceptible of ac&uisition under a
free patent% and !hich he later "ortgaged to the Rural
*an8 of #inan = Inc) The "ortgage !as later foreclosed and the land sold at public auction and respondent has not
redee"ed the land until the present .
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$o 3# ++o#" $o $# $2# L5#&' O$2.
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o$2, $#!
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