Practice question
Does transmission of a surviving civil obligation necessarily make heirs serve the deceased’s criminal imprisonment?
- Yes; imprisonment is inherited like furniture.
- Every heir becomes the original offender.
- No.
- Only the oldest heir serves the sentence.
- Civil succession automatically proves criminal guilt.
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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