Practice question
A prosecutor invokes the vessel rule for a transaction completed ashore before the voyage began. Is being connected with a ship enough to establish Section 15(c)’s stated predicate?
- Yes, any remote maritime connection suffices.
- No; the offense must be committed on board in the course of the voyage for that provision.
- Yes, the shipowner can select every court.
- Yes, a later voyage changes every prior transaction’s location.
- Yes, the first port rule abolishes all factual predicates.
Legal references
- Rules of Court, Rule 110, Sections 7-15; Rule 116, Section 9; Rule 117, Sections 3(f) and 9; Rule 120, Section 3, as relevant: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html
- AAA v. BBB, G.R. No. 212448, January 11, 2018, main decision; RA 9262, Sections 5(i) and 7: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2018/jan2018/gr_212448_2018.html
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