THE Regalian Doctrine is embodied in the present Constitution, as it was in the Constitutions of 1935 and 1973, and first made its appearance in this jurisdiction through the Philippine Bill of 1902.

Under the 1987 Constitution, the doctrine is found in Article 12, Section 2:

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