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Practice question: Subsidiary Penalty

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

An insolvent convict receives a fixed-duration principal penalty lawfully executed through specified nonconfinement deprivations and a fine. The case satisfies Rule4 and the preceding conversion limits. An officer substitutes an unrelated deprivation solely because the fine remains unpaid. What does Rule4 require instead?
  1. Continuation of the same principal-penalty deprivations during the lawful subsidiary period
  2. Any deprivation the officer prefers
  3. Automatic execution of a different felony penalty
  4. No period or limits are ever relevant
  5. The officer may replace the judgment at will

Legal references

  • RA10159 Section1, amended RPC Article39, subsidiary liability rules1-5: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2012/ra_10159_2012.html

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