Practice question
A reviewer copies Canton’s penalty under RA 6425 into a new 2026 drug prosecution solely because the search doctrine is cited. Which is correct?
- A security-search citation automatically revives every repealed penalty.
- The current substantive offense and penalty must be identified separately; the historical sentencing disposition is not automatically current law.
- All drug statutes are interchangeable regardless of date.
- The airport frisker fixes the applicable sentence.
- Search validity alone establishes every current penalty element.
Legal references
- People v. Canton, G.R. No. 148825, December 27, 2002, MAIN decision, airport-security doctrine (not its superseded RA 6425 penalty): https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2002/dec2002/gr_148825_2002.html
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