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Practice question: Anti-Terrorism Act (RA 11479)

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

After Calleja, an agency relies solely on the invalidated second mode in Section25: adopting a designation request from another jurisdiction under that struck provision. It argues that the original printed statute controls despite the judgment. Which is best?
  1. The printed statute overrides the final constitutional ruling
  2. Every foreign accusation is automatically a Philippine criminal conviction
  3. Invalidation of that mode necessarily erased all remaining sections
  4. The invalidated foreign-request designation mode cannot be treated as operative merely because it remains in an old printed text
  5. A private newspaper may restore the provision

Legal references

  • Calleja v. Executive Secretary, G.R.252578, December7 2021, main decision, Section25 ruling: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2021/dec2021/gr_252578_2021.html

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