Civics and Government Chapter 12

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What legislative act inflicts punishment without a trial?

  • Bill of Attainder (correct)
  • Ex post facto law
  • Judicial branch
  • Presidential Decree

Which act is known as the 'DILG Act of 1990'?

  • RA 8551
  • RA 6975 (correct)
  • RA 9730
  • RA 3815

Which principle states that criminal law is binding to all persons who live or sojourn in the Philippines?

  • Prospectivity
  • Generality (correct)
  • Territoriality
  • Ex post facto law

What is the highest rank classification of the PNP organization under RA 6975?

<p>Director General (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What principle states that criminal law looks forward and only punishes acts that are considered crimes by virtue of law?

<p>Prospectivity (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the nature of an act or omission punishable by special penal laws?

<p>Felony (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following was the first police organization established during the American Regime in the Philippines?

<p>Insular Constabulary (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the Revised Penal Code also referred to as?

<p>RA 3815 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the imposition of payment of fines or damages to a person who committed an offense called?

<p>penalty (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following involves whipping through the use of a stick, leather, or rope as a form of punishment?

<p>flogging (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What involves the marking of an offender, usually on the hand, where repeated violations result in additional markings?

<p>branding (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used for removing a person from the place of offense and preventing them from entering it within a required period?

<p>all of these (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which punishment method involves the cutting of some parts of the offender's body?

<p>mutilation (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What punishment method involves taking vengeance on the offender through the use of pillory and stocks?

<p>public humiliation (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What describes the act of excluding the offender from the community to prevent him from influencing others in committing crimes?

<p>exile (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What punishment involves letting the offender drink poison to drive away the evil spirit inside their body?

<p>pungent poison (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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