Practice question
What distinguishes a principal penalty from an accessory penalty?
- The principal penalty is always a civil lawsuit
- An accessory penalty concerns only an accessory offender
- The categories describe only whether a person attended trial
- Every accessory penalty is optional for the judge
- A principal penalty is imposed as the main statutory sanction, while an accessory consequence attaches as the law provides
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code Articles25 and73: https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html
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