Practice question
A law prescribes a P1,200,000 fine, while a later different offense prescribes P1,200,001. A reviewer classifies both as afflictive because the numbers are nearly identical. Which precision is required?
- The first fine is correctional and the second afflictive under Article26’s exact threshold
- Both are light
- Both are capital
- The one-peso difference can never matter in law
- Both must use the obsolete P6,000 threshold
Legal references
- RA10951 Sections1-2, amended RPC Articles9 and26, current thresholds: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2017/ra_10951_2017.html
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