Practice question
A principal sentence carries a lawful accessory suspension. The enforcing officer uses the independent suspension range and refuses to follow the principal term, although Article27’s accessory qualification governs. Which is correct?
- The accessory suspension’s duration follows the principal penalty under the express qualification
- Every suspension must always last six years
- Every accessory suspension is perpetual
- The officer’s numerical preference supersedes the article
- All duration qualifications are irrelevant
Legal references
- RA7659 Section21, Article27 durations; death provisions read subject to RA9346: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1993/ra_7659_1993.html Section21 Article27.
- Revised Penal Code specified Articles25,27,34–35,42–45,53–57: https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html Articles34–35.
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