Practice question
For an offense governed by Rule 111, Section 1(a), the offended party neither waives nor reserves the civil action ex delicto and has not previously instituted it. What is its procedural status when the criminal action is instituted?
- It disappears permanently
- It requires a separate reservation to be included
- It is deemed instituted with the criminal action
- It becomes an unrelated contractual action
- It must first be decided by an administrative agency
Legal references
- Rules of Court, Rule 111, Section 1.
- Reviewed primary authority, Rule 111, Section 1: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html
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