Practice question
A passenger commits an offense aboard a duly registered Philippine ship outside Philippine territory. The offense falls within RPC Article 2(1), and no treaty or preferential-law qualification changes the result. The passenger says physical location abroad necessarily ends the inquiry. Which is correct?
- The passenger is correct because vessel status never matters.
- The specified Philippine-ship category supplies an extraterritorial basis.
- Only the cargo's nationality controls.
- Every foreign vessel carrying one Filipino is automatically a Philippine ship.
- The offense becomes a civil contract merely because it occurs at sea.
Legal references
- Civil Code Article14; https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
- Revised Penal Code Article2; https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/28/20426
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