Practice question
If the same act is punished by both a law and an ordinance, what does Article III, Section 21 provide after conviction or acquittal under either?
- Another prosecution for the same act is barred
- The ordinance always repeals the law
- The law always disappears
- The person must always be tried twice
- The first result has no relevance
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article III, Sections 19-21: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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