Practice question
A defendant invokes Article91’s rule about absence from the Philippines in a special-law case governed by Act3326, whose applicable provisions contain no such suspension. Under Romualdez, which response is best?
- Absence automatically stops every Philippine limitation period
- Act3326 cannot automatically be supplemented with that Article91 suspension
- Absence always causes acquittal
- The prosecutor may invent a suspension period
- Special-law offenses never prescribe
Legal references
- Romualdez v. Marcelo, G.R.165510–33, July28 2006, majority decision on reconsideration; Act3326 Section2: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/41739
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