Practice question
Does service of imprisonment alone automatically extinguish the offender’s civil liability for the crime?
- Yes, imprisonment pays every debt
- No; Article 113 preserves civil liability unless independently extinguished under civil law
- Yes, if the sentence is long
- Yes, if the offender requests it
- No, because civil liability can never be extinguished by any means
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html — RPC Articles89(2),94 and113: completed service, partial reductions and survival of civil liability.
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10592_2013.html — RA 10592: lawful preventive and good-conduct credits in sentence computation.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2023/mar2023/gr_223107_2023.html — People v. Agustin, G.R. 223107, March 15, 2023, main decision: completed service extinguishes criminal liability without erasing civil liability.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/apr2024/gr_249027_2024.html — Guinto v. DOJ, G.R. 249027 and249155, April 3, 2024, main decision: post-conviction GCTA, invalid exclusions and lawful computation.
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