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Practice question: Preparatory and Overt Acts

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

Does Article 304 separately address possession without lawful cause of picklocks or similar tools specially adapted to robbery?
  1. Yes.
  2. No; possession is never addressed by the Code.
  3. Only completed homicide can be punished.
  4. Every ordinary household tool is automatically a picklock.
  5. A lawful purpose is always irrelevant.

Legal references

  • Revised Penal Code, Articles 6-8 and 304-305 (cited provisions): https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/28/20426

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