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Practice question: Principals, Accomplices, and Accessories

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Does Article17 expressly recognize directly forcing another to commit the offense as a principal mode?
  1. Yes
  2. No; only personally doing the final act is ever principal liability
  3. No; force is always merely accessory conduct
  4. No; direct force is expressly excluded
  5. No; only property owners can be principals

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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