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Practice question: Anti-Torture Act (RA 9745, Secs. 3–8 and 13–16)

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

A superior law-enforcement officer orders a subordinate to commit torture. Under Section 13, how is that ordering superior classified?
  1. As automatically exempt because he did not touch the victim.
  2. As a witness with no possible liability.
  3. As equally liable as a principal.
  4. As liable only for a private debt.
  5. As necessarily only an accessory.

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2009/ra_9745_2009.html — RA 9745, Section 13.

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