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)

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

What injury comparison is stated for uncontrollable fear under Article 12(6)?
  1. Any trivial inconvenience automatically suffices.
  2. Fear of an equal or greater injury.
  3. Only fear of losing a game.
  4. A lesser annoyance always compels exemption.
  5. The feared injury is never relevant.

Legal references

  • Revised Penal Code, Article 12(4)-(7), accident, force, fear and lawful or insuperable prevention (not the obsolete original juvenile-age paragraphs): https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/28/20426

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