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Practice question: Prescription under Special Laws (Act 3326)

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Practice question

A special law expressly gives its offense a ten-year limitation period. Its penalty would otherwise fall within Act3326’s four-year bracket. Which period governs?
  1. Four years regardless of the express statute
  2. Two months because all special laws are ordinances
  3. No limitation period
  4. The special statute’s ten-year period
  5. One year because the statute is special

Legal references

  • Act3326 Section1: https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1926/act_3326_1926.html

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