Practice question
Which remedy is not prohibited merely because Section 20 bars imprisonment for an ordinary debt?
- Private indefinite detention
- A creditor’s self-imposed jail sentence
- A lawful civil collection action
- Punishment based only on poverty
- A contractual command to police to imprison without law
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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