Practice question
What does Civil Code Article 1288 provide when one of the debts consists in civil liability arising from a penal offense?
- Compensation is barred in the stated setting.
- Every reciprocal debt automatically cancels the civil liability.
- Only the offender chooses whether the statute applies.
- Criminal origin makes every debt identical.
- A private loan is automatically payment of a crime-based award.
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code, Articles 38, 112 and 113, cited civil-payment and extinction rules: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/28/20426
- Civil Code, Articles 774-776, 1216-1220, 1231-1238, 1288 and 1292, as particularly relevant: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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