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Practice question: Collateral Attack on Judgments

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Can a court use nunc pro tunc merely to invent a judicial act it never previously performed?
  1. No; it records a previously performed act omitted from the record
  2. Yes; it is an unrestricted new judgment
  3. Yes; it replaces every appeal
  4. Yes; it creates missing jurisdiction
  5. Yes; any desired ruling may be backdated

Legal references

  • Atup v People GR229395/252705 November10,2021 MAIN nullity and clerical correction: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2021/nov2021/gr_229395_2021.html

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