Questions and Answers
What is the definition of a bill of attainder?
A legislative act that punishes a person without a judicial trial
Who has the vested power to enact penal laws in the context of the Revised Penal Code?
The Congress
What is the authority responsible for prohibiting certain acts according to the text?
Legislature
What does the Revised Penal Code define?
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What are the limitations specified in Article 3, Section 18 of the Constitution?
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Study Notes
Criminal Law Consolidated Reviewer: General Provisions of the Revised Penal Code
- Psalm 118: 11, 14 is quoted at the beginning
- Ticman's definition of criminal law and penalty
- Definition of crime as an act violating public law
- Explanation of penal law as legislature-prohibited acts
- Congress' authority to enact penal laws
- Exceptions to limitations on penal laws
- Restrictions under Art 3, Sec. 18-22
- Definition of bill of attainder and ex post facto law
- Explanation of bill of attainder as punishment without judicial hearing
- Explanation of ex post facto law as making an act punishable and aggravating its seriousness
- RA 3815 Article 1 of the Revised Penal Code is referenced
- Focus on the general provisions of the Revised Penal Code
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