Territoriality

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1. Which statement describes the RPC’s ordinary territorial application?
2. Which is expressly listed in Article 2 as an extraterritorial application?
3. For the extraterritorial public-officer category in Article 2(4), what connection is required?
4. A person abroad counterfeits Philippine currency. The person argues that Article 2(2) can apply only if the counterfeit…
5. A Filipino civilian commits an ordinary private offense entirely abroad. No Article 2 category, other extraterritorial …
6. An ordinary RPC offense occurs on a duly Philippine-registered merchant ship on the high seas. The accused is a foreign…
7. A Philippine public officer stationed abroad is alleged to misappropriate public funds entrusted for official use. On a…
8. State the ordinary territoriality rule and identify Article 2’s five specified extraterritorial categories.
9. Explain why Philippine citizenship alone does not give the RPC unlimited coverage of every private offense committed ab…
10. Distinguish the public-officer functional exception from a rule covering every act of a public officer abroad.
11. Does Article2’s opening qualification recognize treaties and laws of preferential application?
12. Does Article2(1) mention a Philippine airship as well as a Philippine ship?