Practice question
Under RA9851 Section17’s final paragraph, what prior foreign result bars new criminal proceedings against the specified foreign national for the same offense?
- Trial by a competent outside court ending in acquittal, or conviction with sentence already served
- Only an unverified rumor of an investigation
- Any private promise not to testify
- Any newspaper interview
- A mere change of address
Legal references
- UNCLOS Articles101–103,106: https://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/part7.htm
- UN maritime-piracy circular explaining Article106: https://www.un.org/depts/los/piracy/circular_letter_3180.pdf
- RA9851 Section17: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2009/ra_9851_2009.html Final two paragraphs.
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