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Practice question: Qualifications and Disqualification of Candidates

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

A person is merely charged with an offense potentially within BP 881, Section 12, but there is no final judgment. The challenger relies solely on that accusation as the specified final-judgment ground. Which is best?
  1. A charge always equals final judgment
  2. A newspaper report is enough
  3. The prosecutor may privately convict
  4. The stated Section 12 ground requires its final-judgment condition, which the accusation alone does not establish
  5. Every pending case automatically removes citizenship

Legal references

  • Batas Pambansa Blg. 881, Section 12: https://lawphil.net/statutes/bataspam/bp1985/bp_881_1985.html

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