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Practice question: Obstruction of Justice (PD 1829)

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

Knowing the information is fabricated, Rina tells investigators that the suspect fled to another island so they will abandon the actual location where he is hiding. Which paragraph most directly applies?
  1. Only the rule requiring a fictitious personal name
  2. No provision because the statement was oral
  3. Only a rule governing civil debt
  4. Section 1(i), false or fabricated information intended to mislead or prevent apprehension
  5. No provision unless a newspaper prints the statement

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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