Practice question
A new penal statute makes a peaceful act criminal and directs prosecution of persons who completed that act while it was lawful. Which objection most directly applies?
- The prohibition on ex post facto laws
- The rule on presidential succession
- The rule on foreign borrowing
- The ban on titles of nobility alone
- The requirement of a legislative journal alone
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article III, Sections 1, 5 and 22; Article VI, Section 1: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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