Practice question
An ordinary non-BP22 criminal complaint’s civil aspect specifically seeks PHP100000 moral damages. Claimant invokes the general actual-damages fee exemption to avoid that fee. Which is correct?
- Only the accused pays claimant’s filing fee
- Moral damages are automatically actual damages
- Every civil-aspect fee is abolished
- The stated nonactual claim has its own filing-fee requirement
- Specifying an amount makes it irrelevant
Legal references
- Rules110 Section14,111 Sections1–3 and119 Section19: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html
Answer this question in flashcards to review your response and continue practicing.