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Practice question: Title XI – Crimes Against Chastity

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

A post-2022 Article337 case involves a seventeen-year-old male minor and an adult teacher, with seduction and all applicable elements proved. The defense argues the ordinary first paragraph still says only a virgin girl and cannot protect a male minor. What does RA11648’s text use?
  1. A minor, sixteen and over but under eighteen, in the stated entrusted categories
  2. Only the old gender-specific wording controls
  3. All male minors are categorically excluded
  4. Only a married minor may qualify
  5. The teacher may choose whether the amendment exists

Legal references

  • RA11648 Section2, amended RPC Articles337-338, current seduction provisions: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2022/ra_11648_2022.html

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