Practice question
A cousin knowingly conceals a completed offense under the established Article19(2) conditions and invokes Article20 solely because any blood relationship supposedly qualifies. No other exemption applies. Which is correct?
- The statutory relationship list must be applied; cousinship alone is not within it
- Every blood relative is automatically exempt
- The cousin’s assertion supplies a new exemption
- Knowledge eliminates all need to examine the relationship
- Every accessory exemption applies to principals too
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code Articles4–5,8,16–22,59, specified provisions: https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html Articles16–20; RPC liability only where expressly scoped.
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