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1. Concept Art. 202. Prostitutes; Penalty. – For the purpose of this article, women who, for money or profit, habitually indulge in sexual intercourse or lascivious conduct, are deemed to be prostitutes.Any person found guilty of any of the offenses covered by this article shall be punished by arresto menor or a fine not exceeding…
Usurpation of civil status, A348 Revised Penal Code
Usurpation of civil status refers to the act of a person taking on the civil status of another for purposes of defrauding other people, a.k.a. identity fraud. 1. Concept Usurpation – refers to seizing, holding, or grabbing something unlawfully. Civil status – refers to personal status or events of an individual or natural person, from…
Question B.11, Civil Law, 2019 Bar Exam
Mr. R is the registered owner of a parcel of land located in Cebu City covered by Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT) No. 1234 issued in 1955. Since his acquisition of the lot, Mr. R and his family had been in continuous, open, and peaceful possession thereof. Mr. R died in 1980, resulting in the…
Abandonment of office or position, Revised Penal Code
1. Concept Article 238. Any public officer who, before the acceptance of his resignation, shall abandon his office to the detriment of the public service shall suffer the penalty of arresto mayor.If such office shall have been abandoned in order to evade the discharge of the duties of preventing, prosecuting or punishing any of the…
Question IX-C, Political Law, 2017 Bar Exam
The President signs an agreement with his counterpart in another country involving reciprocity in the treatment of each country’s nationals residing in the other’s territory. However, he does not submit the agreement to the Senate for concurrence. Sec. 21, Art. VII of the Constitution provides that no treaty or international agreement shall be valid and…
Judicial power, Constitutional Law
1. Duty of courts Judicial power. Judicial power – includes the duty of the courts of justice to settle actual controversies involving rights which are legally demandable and enforceable, and to determine whether or not there has been a grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction on the part of any…