Practice question
A convict validly begins serving imprisonment under a final judgment, escapes, and later voluntarily surrenders before the applicable Article92 period expires. What is the effect of surrender on the running period?
- It interrupts prescription
- It automatically acquits him
- It erases the original judgment
- It necessarily cancels all civil damages
- It makes Article93 inapplicable
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code Article93: https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html
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