Practice question
Does Article 108 provide that the injured person’s action to demand restitution, reparation or indemnification descends to heirs?
- No; death automatically erases every such right.
- Yes.
- Only the offender may inherit the action in every case.
- The action becomes a criminal sentence against the heirs.
- No successor may ever enforce an established civil right.
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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