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Practice question: Obstruction of Justice (PD 1829)

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Practice question

A person knowingly presents a fabricated document to alter the outcome of a criminal investigation. He argues that section 1(f) applies only to the person who physically manufactured the document. Discuss.

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1981/pd_1829_1981.html — PD 1829, sections 1(a)–(i) and 2, knowing or willful obstruction through enumerated acts and public-official disqualification.

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