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Practice question: Forms of Executive Clemency

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

How does Barrioquinto classify an amnesty proclamation granted with the required congressional concurrence for judicial-notice purposes?
  1. A public act of which courts should take judicial notice
  2. A purely private rumor that courts must never recognize
  3. An ordinary sales contract between prisoners
  4. A judgment issued by a municipal assessor
  5. A secret act known only to the beneficiary

Legal references

  • Barrioquinto v. Fernandez, G.R. No. L-1278, January 21, 1949, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1949/jan1949/gr_l-1278_1949.html
  • 1987 Constitution, Article VII, Section 19: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html

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