Practice question
Two fines are P39999 and P40000. A student treats them identically under Article26 because the amounts differ by only one peso. Which answer follows its amended wording?
- The first is light and the second correctional under Article26
- Both are afflictive
- Both are light under Article26
- The boundary is discretionary in every case
- One peso can never have a statutory consequence
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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