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Practice question: Restitution, Reparation, and Indemnification

Multiple Choice Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

A recipient’s gratuitous participation in felony proceeds is proved at PHP 8,000. No other personal-liability basis exists, and the total loss was PHP 100,000. Which measure follows Article 111 for that recipient?
  1. Every peso of the PHP 100,000 automatically.
  2. An arbitrary PHP 1,000,000.
  3. Nothing despite the fully established statutory participation.
  4. The proved PHP 8,000 extent of participation.
  5. Only the recipient’s preferred amount.

Legal references

  • Revised Penal Code, Articles 108 and 111, transmission and gratuitous participation in felony proceeds: 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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