Practice question
A prosecutor uses the conspiracy-to-treason P2000000 ceiling for a charge proved to be only proposal to treason. What amended-text distinction matters?
- Article115 specifies separate respective penalties and a P1000000 proposal ceiling
- Every proposal automatically has the conspiracy fine
- The word respectively has no legal meaning
- All Article115 fines were abolished
- The prosecutor may double any ceiling
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code Articles4–5,8,16–22,59, specified provisions: https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html Article8 special criminalization principle.
- RA10951 Sections4 and6, updated Articles115 and136: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2017/ra_10951_2017.html
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