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</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Felony</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the Revised Penal Code also referred to as?

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

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

    <p>mutilation</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</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</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

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