Article 1

National Territory
 Preamble
• It is an introduction of a constitution
which embodies the ideals of the
people and purposes by which the
constitution was made.
 Definition of National Territory
• Article 1 of the Philippine Constitution

Territory
portion of the surface of the
earth where the people of
the state are permanently
settled.
 National Territory
• The Philippine archipelago
• All other areas which the Philippines has
sovereignty or jurisdiction

• Internal Waters
 Philippine Archipelago

• Body of water studded with islands, which is

delineated in the Treaty of Paris of December
10, 1898, As modified by the Treaty of
Washington of December 07, 1900 and Treaty
with Great Britain of January 2, 1930.
 Other territories over the
Philippines

• Pertains to all other territories over which

Philippines has authority or control at the
present and in the future, consisting of the
terrestial, fluvial, and aerial domains
including the territorial sea and seabed, the
sub-oil, the insular shelves, and other
submarine areas.
 Domains
• There are 3 terrestial domains
Terrestrial
Landmass
Fluvial/Maritime Bodies of water within
the landmass

• Seabed Terrain containing the sea

– minerals and natural
resources found in the sea.
• Insular shelves underwater section of a
continent or offshore
island

• Other submarine everything underneath

areas the territorial sea
• Philippine limited to twelve miles
Territorial Sea from the low water
marks of the coasts

• Economic includes a distance of 200

Zone nautical miles beyond and
from the baselines from
which the territorial sea is
measured