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Practice question: Civil Liability of Persons Exempt from Criminal Liability

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

For an act committed under legally established irresistible force, who is primarily civilly liable under Article 101?
  1. The person who used the violence
  2. The judge who recognizes the exemption
  3. Every witness to the violence
  4. The victim of the resulting damage
  5. Only the exempt actor, to the exclusion of the person using force

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html — Revised Penal Code, Article 101, civil consequences of specified exempting and justifying circumstances.
  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2006/ra_9344_2006.html — section 6, current minimum age and preservation of civil liability.
  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10630_2013.html — section 3, amending RA 9344 section 6, current age exemption and express preservation of civil liability.

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