Practice question
A suspect acts entirely abroad, but his completed financial-account scam causes damage to a person who was in the Philippines when it occurred. He claims that RA 12010 jurisdiction is necessarily absent because no device he used was located here. Which is correct under section 21?
- Correct, because Philippine location of the suspect is always indispensable
- Correct, because every foreign act is outside the Act regardless of local damage
- Incorrect, because section 21 separately recognizes damage to a person in the Philippines at the time; the RTC has jurisdiction over violations
- Incorrect, because only a barangay tribunal may hear such a case
- Correct, unless the damaged person owns every device used abroad
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2024/ra_12010_2024.html — RA 12010, sections 3–5 and 16–21, definitions, offenses, penalties, civil consequences, trafficking defense and jurisdiction.
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