Practice question
A BP 22 court later awards a qualifying category of additional damages whose amount was not alleged. How are the filing fees on that award treated under section 1(b)?
- They are permanently erased.
- They invalidate every criminal proceeding automatically.
- They are a first lien on the judgment based on the award.
- They must be collected from the newspaper publisher.
- They become a second punishment imposed on a witness.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html — Rule 111 section 1(b): BP 22 civil inclusion, prohibition of reservation, filing fees and prior civil-action consolidation.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2008/jan2008/gr_158177_2008.html — Spouses Lo Bun Tiong v. Balboa, G.R. 158177, January 28, 2008, main opinion: earlier civil action and avoidance of duplicate recovery.
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