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Practice question: Pro Reo Principle

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Practice question

An accused accepts the one-year period but claims a Facebook publication must automatically be treated like registration in the Registry of Deeds for constructive notice. Which is sound?
  1. Every online post is legally registration of land.
  2. All people conclusively read every post immediately.
  3. A public-registry statute automatically covers every social-media act.
  4. Favorable construction permits disregarding all contextual differences.
  5. Causing rejects that automatic equivalence in the absence of the corresponding statutory constructive-notice rule.

Legal references

  • Causing v. People, G.R. No. 258524, April 8, 2026, en banc main resolution: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2026/apr2026/gr_258524_2026.html

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