Practice question
A criminal action properly governed by Section4’s special joint civil-liability rule is filed. The complainant insists an ordinary reservation alone necessarily detaches the corresponding civil liability into a later separate case. Which controlling distinction matters?
- The special statute expressly disallows that reservation and requires joint determination
- A reservation always overrides the special statute
- The civil claim vanishes on criminal filing
- The accused selects the civil forum unilaterally
- Only the CA may try the civil claim initially
Legal references
- RA10660 Section2, current PD1606 Section4: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2015/ra_10660_2015.html
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