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Practice question: Threefold Rule

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

Does Article70 require multiplying every individual penalty by three and then adding the products?
  1. Only the shortest penalty is tripled and added again
  2. Yes, that is its express formula
  3. No
  4. Only the number of victims is tripled
  5. Every judgment automatically becomes three convictions

Legal references

  • Commonwealth Act217 Section2, amended RPC Article70; Section3 Article71 for contrast: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/29/15348

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