Practice question
A relevant guarantor is convicted in first instance of a dishonesty crime and 2057 applies without its specified-person exception. The obligor argues the article necessarily requires a different later conviction stage. Which is correct?
- The stated conviction language must be ignored.
- The article expressly uses first-instance conviction for its replacement rule.
- Any accusation alone always equals conviction.
- Only the guarantor may choose the legal stage.
- Replacement automatically proves the principal debt extinguished.
Legal references
- Civil Code Articles2052,2056-2057,2066,2071-2084 and2126-2130: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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