Practice question
A valid presidential instrument postpones commencement of a final six-month sentence until a specified date without reducing its length. Which description best fits the stated effect?
- Automatic acquittal
- A legislative repeal
- A new criminal conviction
- Reprieve
- A pardon of all future offenses
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VII, Section 19: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- People v. Vera, G.R. No. 45685, November 16, 1937, main decision, clemency definitions: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1937/nov1937/gr_45685_1937.html
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