Treason and Related Offenses Quiz

The failure to report a known conspiracy against the government.

Committing war against the government or aiding enemies.

Gathering, passing, or losing national defense information for foreign gain.

Planning to commit treason, suggesting it to others.

Secret planning to do something wrong, treason is one.

Not required for Treason conspiracy, or proposal to commit Treason

Two degrees lower than the penalty provided for treason (Imprisonment).

Imprisonment, punished as an accessory to the crime of treason.

Any person attacking or seizing a vessel on the high seas or in Philippine waters, including passengers and crew.

Vessel on high seas/Philippines, offender not crew/passenger, seizes cargo/equipment/belongings.

Unlawful resistance to a superior officer or creating chaos on a ship.

Piracy with circumstances of seizing the vessel by boarding or firing at it.

Philippine courts have jurisdiction over pirates found or arrested in the Philippines.

The jurisdiction for pirates within Philippine waters is clarified in legal documents.

Piracy can occur with the vessel being on the high seas or within Philippines waters.

Under piracy laws, the offender can be any person, even a passenger.

Any person who performs acts facilitating or promoting recruitment for foreign armed forces.

Providing aid to terrorist individuals or organizations knowing their intentions.

A person committing acts defined and penalized under specific sections of R.A. 11479.

An organization outlawed by Section 26 of R.A. 11479, or designated by the United Nations Security Council.

Aiding or assisting terrorist groups either financially, logistically or otherwise.

Imprisonment for 12 years for voluntary joining of proscribed organizations.

Acts that facilitate recruitment to a foreign armed force.

Individuals providing support to terrorist acts are liable as principals.

Harboring, assisting, or concealing someone who finances terrorism is considered an accessory, receiving a reduced sentence.

Trying or secretly planning to commit financing terrorism crimes is punishable with a reduced sentence.

Directly or indirectly engaging with funds owned or managed by designated persons is prohibited.

These are penalized with a reduced sentence compared to committing the crime itself.

Providing financial support to terrorist activities, a serious crime.

Two or more people agree to commit crimes listed in Sections 4 and 8, punishable similarly.

Individuals, organizations, or groups with designated status whose property or funds must be avoided.

Penalties are reduced for aiding/planning offenses compared to committing them.

An attack or seizure of a vessel, or the taking of its cargo, equipment or belongings in Philippine waters or on the high seas, by force or intimidation. Includes passengers and crew acting unlawfully.

Any attack on a vessel, or the seizure or taking away of its cargo, equipment or belongings within Philippine waters, using force. Includes passengers and crew.

Seizing a person for ransom or other unlawful purposes, or taking another's property through force or intimidation on any Philippine Highway.

Piracy can occur on the high seas or within Philippine waters, affecting the legal jurisdiction.

Anyone (including passengers or crew) can be an offender if they seize a vessel or its belongings with force or intimidation.

The core elements of piracy include: violence or intimidation during the seizure, and the seizure itself against a vessel or its belongings.

Piracy committed on the high seas where international maritime law applies but must be brought to countries having jurisdiction.

Piracy committed within Philippine waters.

Acts like willful killing, extermination, or enslavement, committed as part of a large-scale attack against civilians, with the attacker knowing their actions.

A superior is responsible for crimes committed by subordinates under their command if they knew or should have known of the crimes, and failed to stop them.

Specific crimes detailed in the paragraphs (a) and (b) of the section, which are severely punished.

Philippine authorities can stop an investigation or prosecution if another court or international body is already handling the matter, to avoid confusion.

Certain crimes, punishable under this Act, will never expire or disappear, regardless of when they occur.

The power and authority a superior has to manage and control actions taken by their subordinates.

A superior that fails to manage or stop criminals under their command can be responsible for the subordinate's actions, if they knew, or should've known about what was happening.

The punishments for specific crimes (a) and (b) mentioned in the section.