Philippine Bar review · Question

Practice question: Exempting Circumstances (See also RA 9208, Sec. 17, as amended; RA 9262, Sec. 26; RA 9344, Sec. 6, as amended by RA 10630)

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Practice question

What does RA9262 Section26 provide for a victim-survivor judicially found to suffer from battered woman syndrome in the statutory setting?
  1. Only a reduction in a parking fine
  2. No criminal and civil liability notwithstanding absence of the ordinary self-defense elements
  3. Automatic conviction because abuse is irrelevant
  4. Only a right to an employer’s reference
  5. A defense available solely upon an unsupported label

Legal references

  • RA9262, Section26: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2004/ra_9262_2004.html

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