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Practice question: Concept

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Practice question

Does BP129 Section32’s ordinary six-year category expressly remain subject to exclusive RTC or Sandiganbayan cases?
  1. It abolishes every special allocation
  2. Yes
  3. Only a party’s consent creates exceptions
  4. Only civil values determine the category
  5. No exception exists

Legal references

  • BP129 Section32 as amended by RA7691 Section2 (criminal allocation, not old civil thresholds): https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1994/ra_7691_1994.html
  • GR45815, prescribed penalty rather than sentence ultimately imposed determines criminal subject jurisdiction: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1990/may1990/gr_45815_1990.html

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