Practice question
A judgment imposes a principal penalty that carries the applicable statutory accessories but omits a separate recital of each one. The convict says Article73 makes all of them vanish. Which is best?
- Every omission always erases statutory accessories
- Only the clerk may invent new accessories
- Article73 treats the accessories carried by law as imposed; the omission is not the asserted automatic erasure
- The prosecutor may select unrelated disabilities
- Accessories exist only if the convict consents
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code Article73: https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html
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