Practice question
A Filipino civilian commits an ordinary private offense entirely abroad. No Article 2 category, other extraterritorial statute, or applicable treaty basis exists. Is citizenship alone enough to apply the RPC to it?
- Yes, citizenship always creates worldwide RPC jurisdiction.
- Yes, if the person later visits Manila.
- Yes, because every foreign crime is automatically an RPC felony.
- Yes, if a private complainant requests it.
- No; nationality alone does not supply an unlimited extraterritorial basis under Article 2.
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code, Act No. 3815, specified articles, as amended: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/28/20426; Article 2.
- 1987 Constitution, Article I: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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