Practice question
A sentence of imprisonment is six months and one day. If the correct named penalty is prision correccional, is that within its full Article27 range?
- Yes; it is the lower endpoint
- No; it exceeds the six-year maximum
- No; prision correccional begins at twelve years
- No; the penalty has no duration
- No; only arresto menor can exceed six months
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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