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Practice question: Requisites of a Valid Judgment

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Practice question

Is a civil-damages award invariably required in every criminal conviction regardless of a valid separate-action reservation?
  1. No; Section2 expressly qualifies the civil-liability requirement
  2. Yes; reservation can never matter
  3. Yes; two identical civil recoveries are mandatory
  4. Yes; a reservation is automatically void
  5. Yes; the judge must invent damages

Legal references

  • Rules of Court, Rule120 Sections1–6; Rule110 Sections8–9: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html

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