Practice question
A twenty-four-year-old accused and the twenty-three-year-old offended party enter a marriage stipulated to be fully valid after a rape prosecution begins. The court finds Article266-C applicable and no other impediment. What effect does that article provide?
- Extinction of the criminal action or penalty imposed
- Automatic conviction of their parents
- Only postponement for one hearing
- No legal effect can ever follow marriage
- Automatic erasure of every unrelated conviction
Legal references
- RA8353 Article266-C: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1997/ra_8353_1997.html
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