Practice question
A corporate officer is charged solely because of the officer’s title. The stipulated evidence establishes neither actual knowledge nor circumstances showing that the officer should have known of the fencing. Which is sound?
- Every officer is automatically guilty regardless of evidence.
- Knowledge and constructive knowledge are both irrelevant.
- The law abolishes the prosecution’s burden for corporations.
- The officer must be convicted because another employee was charged.
- Section 4 does not establish guilt from title alone.
Legal references
- PD 1612, Sections 2 and 4, acts of fencing and responsible officers of juridical persons: https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1979/pd_1612_1979.html
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