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Practice question: Subsidiary Penalty

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

Assume the applicable judgment-date highest minimum wage rate is P700 and an unpaid fine is P1,500. All Rule1 conditions apply and no shorter cap or other adjustment intervenes. May the P100 remainder be rounded up into a third subsidiary day?
  1. Yes, all fractions count as a month
  2. Yes, every remainder automatically creates a full day
  3. Yes, the court must impose ten days
  4. No; the conversion gives two full days without counting the fraction
  5. Only the prisoner’s employer chooses

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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