Practice question
During martial law, civilian courts in a province remain fully able to function. A military order asserts that martial law alone authorizes military tribunals to assume jurisdiction over all civilian criminal defendants. Which is correct?
- Every civilian automatically becomes subject to military trial
- Civil courts disappear upon proclamation
- Only the military may interpret the Constitution
- Section 18 does not authorize that military jurisdiction over civilians where civil courts are able to function
- The provincial governor may abolish civilian jurisdiction
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VII, Section 18: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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