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Practice question: Clemency

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

A petitioner presents evidence of legal scholarship but has little prospect of many productive professional years. Are both optional supportive allegations necessarily cumulative prerequisites?
  1. Yes; both optional allegations are always mandatory.
  2. Yes; scholarship is legally irrelevant in every case.
  3. Yes; age alone guarantees denial.
  4. No; the text permits the stated alternative supportive allegations.
  5. Yes; optional allegations replace every mandatory showing.

Legal references

  • CPRA, AM 22-09-01-SC, Canon VI Sections 41 and 43-51, specific section identified in each explanation: https://bir-cdn.bir.gov.ph/local/pdf/RMC%20No.%20123-2023%20Annex%20A.pdf

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