Practice question
For an otherwise covered post-effectivity case, what does the RA 10660 RTC proviso say when the information alleges government damage or bribery from the same or closely related acts in an amount of exactly PHP 1 million?
- The amount necessarily exceeds the RTC proviso
- It is within the not-exceeding-PHP-1-million RTC proviso
- It automatically makes every private person a high-ranking official
- It eliminates the need to examine the information
- It makes the offense exclusively a barangay dispute
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2015/ra_10660_2015.html — sections 2 and 5, current PD 1606 section 4 jurisdiction, information-based RTC exceptions, official classifications, private co-accused and prospective jurisdiction amendment.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2020/sep2020/gr_251177_2020.html — Non v. Office of the Ombudsman, G.R. No. 251177, September 8, 2020, no alleged government damage or bribery and RTC jurisdiction under RA 10660.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2022/oct2022/gr_237815_2022.html — Fua, Jr. v. People, G.R. No. 237815, October 12, 2022, May 5, 2015 effectivity and prospective application of jurisdiction changes.
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