Practice question
Does Section 20’s prohibition on imprisonment for debt itself cancel the underlying civil obligation?
- No; it bars the specified imprisonment rather than automatically extinguishing the debt.
- Yes, every loan becomes a gift.
- Yes, every creditor loses all property rights.
- Yes, all contracts are repealed.
- No, because every creditor may impose jail privately.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353 Article III, Section 20.
- Lozano v. Martinez, G.R. No. L-63419 et al., December 18, 1986, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1986/dec1986/gr_l-63419_1986.html
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