Practice question
What principally characterizes a bill of attainder?
- Every statute that establishes a criminal offense.
- Every judicial conviction after trial.
- Every law that refers to an identifiable subject.
- A legislative act imposing punishment on specified persons or a group without judicial trial.
- A bill that appropriates funds for courts.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article III, section 22, https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Trillanes IV v. Medialdea, G.R. Nos. 241494, 256660 and 256078, April 3, 2024, ex post facto laws and bills of attainder discussion, https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/apr2024/gr_241494_2024.html
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