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What is the definition of a bill of attainder?
What is the definition of a bill of attainder?
- A decree issued by the President without judicial review
- A punishment imposed by the military without legal proceedings
- A legislative act that punishes a person without a judicial trial (correct)
- A judicial order for the arrest of an individual without trial
Who has the vested power to enact penal laws in the context of the Revised Penal Code?
Who has the vested power to enact penal laws in the context of the Revised Penal Code?
- The Department of Justice
- The Congress (correct)
- The President
- The Supreme Court
What is the authority responsible for prohibiting certain acts according to the text?
What is the authority responsible for prohibiting certain acts according to the text?
- Executive Branch
- Local Government Units
- Judiciary
- Legislature (correct)
What does the Revised Penal Code define?
What does the Revised Penal Code define?
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What are the limitations specified in Article 3, Section 18 of the Constitution?
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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