Practice question
An adult offender in a covered acts-of-lasciviousness case validly marries an entirely different person. May he invoke Article344’s marriage paragraph on that fact alone?
- No; the marriage must be with the offended party
- Yes; any marriage suffices
- Yes; the spouse can substitute for the offended party
- Yes; every marriage erases all prior offenses
- Yes; only the wedding date matters
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code, relevant Articles: https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html Article344, marriage and co-offenders; Articles89 and113.
- RA8353 rape-specific Article266-C: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1997/ra_8353_1997.html
- RA11596 valid-marriage limitation: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2021/ra_11596_2021.html
- RA11648 current sexual-offense amendments: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2022/ra_11648_2022.html
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