Practice question
A barrier is lawfully sacrificed to avert a greater flood danger benefiting most inhabitants of a town. The statutory special-allocation setting is established. The actor demands an automatic personal tax on every resident without identifying any authorized scheme. Which is sound?
- Article 101 calls for the prescribed special-law or regulatory manner; it does not itself establish that invented tax.
- Every resident automatically owes any amount the actor names.
- A majority benefit permits unlimited private taxation.
- No compensation rule can ever apply.
- A lawful necessity automatically makes every resident an offender.
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code, Article 101, second rule and special-law allocation situations: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/28/20426
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