Practice question
For a light offense, the court considers service in the IBP legal-aid program in addition to a listed Section37(c) sanction. Counsel says the section contains no service option. Which is correct?
- The complainant alone may impose it
- Only imprisonment may be added
- The Code forbids every legal-aid assignment
- Service automatically replaces every listed sanction without qualification
- The text expressly permits such additional service
Legal references
- CPRA, A.M.22-09-01-SC, CanonVI Sections1–3,11–12,18,28,31–32,37,42,44; primaryissuedtext visuallyread printed35–44,48,51: https://bir-cdn.bir.gov.ph/local/pdf/RMC%20No.%20123-2023%20Annex%20A.pdf
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