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Question XIV, Political Law, 2017 Bar Exam
To fulfill a campaign promise to the poor folk in a far-flung area in Mindanao, the President requested his friend, Pastor Roy, to devote his ministry to them. The President would pay Pastor Roy a monthly stipend of ₱50,000.00 from his discretionary fund, and would also erect a modest house of worship in the locality…

Question XI, Political Law, 2018 Bar Exam
Under Section 6 of Article V (on Criminal Jurisdiction) of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), the custody of a United States (US) personnel who becomes subject to criminal prosecution before a Philippine court shall be with the US military authorities, if the latter so requests. The custody shall begin from the commission of the offense…

Question A.5, Political Law, 2019 Bar Exam
At about 5:30 A.M. of September 15, 2019 Police Senior Inspector Officer A of the Manila Police District Station received a text message from an unidentified civilian informer that one Mr. Z would be meeting up later that morning with two (2) potential sellers of drugs at a nearby restaurant. As such, Officer A decided…

Estafa with unfaithfulness or abuse of confidence, A315(1) Revised Penal Code
1. Concept Swindling or estafa – refers to the crime of fraud through certain means. a. Legal basis Art. 315. Swindling (estafa). – Any person who shall defraud another by any of the means mentioned hereinbelow shall be punished by: 1st. The penalty of prisión correccional in its maximum period to prisión mayor in its…

Question B.13, Civil Law, 2019 Bar Exam
M, single, named his sister N in his will, as a devisee over a certain parcel of land that he owned, with the obligation of preserving the land and transferring it, upon N’s death, to her illegitimate daughter O, who was then only a year old. Is the condition imposed on N to preserve the…

Question VII, Political Law, 2018 Bar Exam
The 2016 mayoralty race in the City of Ardania included Arnaldo and Anacleto as contenders. Arnaldo filed a petition with the Comelec to cancel Anacleto’s Certificate of Candidacy (CoC) for misrepresenting himself as a Filipino citizen. Arnaldo presented as evidence a copy of Anacleto’s Spanish passport and a certification from the Bureau of Immigration (Bl)…