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 prevention does Article 12(7) address for failure to perform a legally required act?
  1. Any personal preference not to comply.
  2. Only a wish to sleep longer.
  3. A lawful or insuperable cause preventing performance.
  4. Every inconvenience without actual prevention.
  5. The mere absence of a written reminder.

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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