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Practice question: Prospectivity

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

Does RA10951 Section100 expressly address favorable application to persons serving sentence by final judgment?
  1. Yes
  2. No; final convicts are expressly excluded
  3. No; only future offenders are mentioned
  4. No; only prosecutors may benefit
  5. No; favorable effects are forbidden

Legal references

  • Revised Penal Code Articles2,21–22, specified provisions: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/28/20426 Articles21–22.
  • RA10951 Sections100–101, favorable retroactivity and pending-case jurisdiction: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2017/ra_10951_2017.html

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