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Practice question: Power of Legislative Inquiry

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

Under Arnault, a question that a legislative body seeks to compel a witness to answer must bear what relation to a valid inquiry?
  1. It must be material or pertinent to the subject of the inquiry.
  2. It must concern only the witness’s favorite sport.
  3. It must be unrelated to all governmental functions.
  4. It must already have been answered by a newspaper.
  5. It must concern only a future election campaign.

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution, Article VI: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
  • Arnault v. Nazareno, G.R. No. L-3820, July 18, 1950, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1950/jul1950/gr_l-3820_1950.html

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