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Practice question: Due Process

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Practice question

Which constitutional provision expressly says no person shall be held to answer for a criminal offense without due process of law?
  1. Article I
  2. Article III section 14(1)
  3. Article XII alone
  4. Only a company handbook
  5. No Philippine provision

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html — Constitution, Article III sections1 and14: due process, fair accusation, hearing and presumption of innocence.
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2001/nov2001/gr_148560_2001.html — Estrada v. Sandiganbayan, G.R. 148560, November 19, 2001, main decision: fair notice, objective standards and vagueness; not relied upon for historical death-penalty provisions.

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