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Federal Govemraent to private individuals or civil or conimercial corporations organized 

 in accordance viitii Mexican Laws, on condition that regular vrorks are established for the 

 utilization of said resources and that all requisites set forth in the laws are complied 

 with. No concessions will be granted in the case of petroleum, or solid, liquid or 

 gaseous hydrocarbons, and the respective Regulating Law will specify the form in which 

 the Nation will carry out the exploitation of such products. 



Legal capacity to acquire ownership of lands and waters of the nation shall be 

 governed by the following provisions: 



I. Only Mexicans by birth or naturalization and Mexican corporations have the right 

 to acquire ownership of lands, waters and their appurtenances, or to obtain concessions 

 for woricing mines or for the utilization of waters or mineral f\iel in the Republic of 

 Mexico. Ihe Nation may grant the same right to aliens, provided they agree before the 

 Ministry of Foreign Relations to consider themselves as Mexicans in respect to such 

 property, and bind themselves not to invoke the protection of their Governments in 

 matters relating thereto; under penalty, in case of non-compliance, of forfeiture to 

 the Nation of property so acquired. Under no circumstances may foreigners acquire direct 

 ownership of lands and waters within a zone of 100 kilometers along the frontiers and of 50 

 kilometers inland from the seacoast. 



IV. Commercial stock coapanies may not acquire, hold or manage rural properties. 

 Companies of this nature which may be organized to work factories, or to engage in mining 

 or in the petroleum industry or for any other purpose except agriculture may acquire, hold 

 or manage lands, but only in the area strictly necessary for their buildings or services. 

 This area shall be fixed in each particular case by the Executive of the Jnion or of the 

 respective State, 



Article 133. This Constitution, the laws of Congress arising thereunder, and all 

 Treaties in accordance therewith already entered into or which in the future may be entered 

 into by the President of tte Republic, with the approval of the Senate, shall be the Supreme 

 Law of the Land. And the Judges in every State shall be bound by this Constitution and by 

 these laws and treaties, in spite of conflicting provisions in the Constitution or laws of 

 any State, 



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