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Practice question: Conditional Pardon

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Practice question

A person granted conditional pardon insists that the pardon necessarily cancels the civil indemnity owed to the victim. Which rule defeats that automatic inference?
  1. Pardon does not exempt payment of the civil indemnity imposed
  2. Every pardon erases all private obligations
  3. Only the victim’s age controls
  4. Civil indemnity is always a prison term
  5. Conditional pardon requires a new civil trial in every case

Legal references

  • Revised Penal Code Articles36 and113: https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html

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