Effects of Repeal or Amendment

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1. What is the general effect of an absolute unqualified repeal that truly decriminalizes the act, with no applicable savi…
2. Does repeal accompanied by simultaneous reenactment of the same prohibited conduct necessarily extinguish existing crim…
3. Under RA10951 Section100, to what extent is the Act retroactive?
4. A replacement penal statute expressly preserves pending prosecutions for the earlier offense. The accused argues that t…
5. RA10951 changes a monetary threshold so that the proved offense carries a lower applicable penalty for a particular acc…
6. An old law penalizes specified conduct. A replacement law repeals its number but simultaneously reenacts the materially…
7. A genuine legislative gap leaves specified conduct unpunished after an absolute repeal. A later statute newly criminali…
8. Distinguish absolute decriminalizing repeal from repeal with simultaneous reenactment.
9. Explain RA10951’s express favorable-retroactivity rule without assuming every amendment is lenient.
10. Why is a later adverse recriminalization different from simultaneous repeal and reenactment?
11. What did RA 9346 prohibit?
12. When replacing death under RA 9346, what penalty applies if the violated law uses RPC penalty nomenclature?