Practice question
A Philippine citizen commits an act wholly abroad. No RPC Article 2 category, special extraterritorial statute or other jurisdictional basis applies. Does citizenship alone establish that every Philippine penal law governs the act?
- Yes, because Article 14 is a universal nationality rule.
- Yes, because travel never matters.
- Yes, because every foreign act is automatically domestic.
- No, because no Philippine penal law can ever apply abroad.
- No. The applicable extraterritorial basis must be established.
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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