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Practice question: Mandatory and Prohibitory Laws

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

What is Article 5's general rule for acts executed against mandatory or prohibitory laws?
  1. They are void, except when the law itself authorizes their validity
  2. They are always valid if profitable
  3. They are valid whenever privately notarized
  4. They become valid if nobody reads the law
  5. They are all merely offers

Legal references

  • Civil Code Articles3–5,7,1334 and1409–1410: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
  • Strategic Alliance Development v. Radstock, GR178158 and180428, December4 2009, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/50847

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