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Practice question: Subsidiary Penalty

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Practice question

For a fine-only sentence for a grave or less grave felony, what subsidiary-imprisonment ceiling does Article39(2) state?
  1. Fifteen years
  2. Six months
  3. Unlimited imprisonment
  4. Always one-third of a nonexistent jail term
  5. Automatic life imprisonment

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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