Practice question
A special statute does not use Code penalty nomenclature and falls under RA9346’s death-replacement provision. The judge insists Section2 always says reclusion perpetua regardless of the statute. Which is best?
- Every law necessarily uses Code nomenclature
- The judge may impose death instead
- The provision automatically erases conviction
- Section2 distinguishes the two settings and specifies life imprisonment for the stated non-Code-nomenclature case
- Every penalty must be called arresto menor
Legal references
- RA9346, Section2(b): https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2006/ra_9346_2006.html
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