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Practice question: Conditional Pardon

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

A conditional-pardon violation is properly prosecuted and proved. The penalty remitted by the pardon is exactly six years, and no other rule changes the case. Does the phrase higher than six years include that exact amount?
  1. Every conditional pardon remits more than six years
  2. Yes, exactly six is necessarily higher than six
  3. Only the officer’s preference decides
  4. No
  5. The numerical wording has no role

Legal references

  • Revised Penal Code, Articles95-96,109-110 and159, as applicable: https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html

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