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Practice question: Power of Legislative Inquiry

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

What right remains expressly relevant when a committee demands an answer to a pertinent question under Arnault?
  1. A right to fabricate any answer
  2. A right to decide the committee’s membership
  3. The constitutional right against self-incrimination
  4. A right to sell the hearing records privately
  5. A right to abolish Congress by refusing a summons

Legal references

  • Arnault v. Nazareno, G.R. No. L-3820, July 18, 1950, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1950/jul1950/gr_l-3820_1950.html
  • 1987 Constitution, Article III, Section 17 and Article VI, Section 21: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html

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