Practice question
A penal judgment imposes a fine exactly P1200000. An officer calls it afflictive solely because it reaches rather than exceeds the boundary, while another uses obsolete P6000 figures. The question concerns Article26 only. Which is correct?
- The fine is correctional under the amended inclusive upper boundary
- Equality is the same as exceeding
- The obsolete threshold supersedes RA10951
- Every fine aboveP6000 remains afflictive despite amendment
- The court may ignore both boundaries
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code specified Articles25,27,34–35,42–45,53–57: https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html Article25.
- RA10951 Section2, amended Article26 classification of fines: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2017/ra_10951_2017.html
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