Practice question
A pardon expressly remits the specified criminal punishment and expressly states that it does not restore suffrage or the right to hold public office. The recipient claims that Article 36 necessarily restores those rights anyway. What is the best response?
- Article 36 disregards every express limitation.
- Every pardon makes all public-office conditions disappear.
- The recipient’s personal interpretation controls the grant.
- Article 36 requires express restoration of those rights, which this instrument expressly withholds.
- The pardon automatically becomes an acquittal.
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code, Article 36: https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html
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