Practice question
An offense expressly prescribes its own attempted-stage penalty. A party insists Article51 must override that specific provision in every case. Which is best?
- General graduation always erases specific text
- The attempt is automatically unpunishable
- The court may invent any penalty
- Article60 recognizes the exception for cases where the law expressly prescribes the attempted-stage penalty
- Only the offender may choose the applicable provision
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code Article60: https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html
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