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Practice question: Suspension of Privilege of Writ of Habeas Corpus

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Practice question

The President suspends the privilege and supplies a written report to Congress within thirty-six hours. An adviser says a personal appearance is also indispensable because the Constitution permits no written report. What does Section 18 provide?
  1. The report may be made in person or in writing within forty-eight hours.
  2. Only a personal appearance can ever comply.
  3. Only a television interview can comply.
  4. The report is unnecessary if written records exist elsewhere.
  5. The reporting deadline is always thirty days.

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution, Article VII, Section 18: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html

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