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Practice question: Title I – Crimes Against National Security and the Law of Nations

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

A private person’s unauthorized acts are proved to expose Filipino citizens’ property to foreign reprisals within Article118. The person argues that no completed war occurred and no citizen was physically injured. Which statutory alternative matters?
  1. Exposure to reprisals on persons or property is separately stated
  2. Only a completed war can ever qualify
  3. Property reprisals are expressly excluded
  4. Private offenders are always immune
  5. Only the offender’s citizenship determines all elements

Legal references

  • Revised Penal Code, Articles118,120-121,126,128,130-132,143-144, as applicable; no obsolete fine applied: https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html

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