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Practice question: Obstruction of Justice (PD 1829)

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

A person threatens to burn a witness’s sibling’s home unless the witness avoids a criminal hearing. The knowing obstructive purpose and immediate-family relationship are proved. He says only threats of bodily injury to the witness count. Which is correct?
  1. Section1(h) also covers the specified threat to immediate-family property
  2. Property threats are categorically excluded
  3. Only the witness’s body is protected
  4. A threat must first be carried out
  5. Kinship eliminates the paragraph

Legal references

  • PD1829 Section1(d)–(i): https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1981/pd_1829_1981.html

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