CLJ 2B Q.2

The law is binding to all persons who reside in the Philippines.

• General

• Territorial

• Prospective

• Retroactive

A legislative act which inflicts punishment without trial.

• Ex post facto law

• Ipso facto law

• Bill of attainder

• Recidivism

Branch of law which defines crimes, treats of their nature, and provides for their punishment.

• Civil law

• Criminal law

• Commercial law

• Penal law

The law is binding to all crimes committed within the National Territory of the Philippines

• General

• Territorial

• Prospective

• Retroactive

A law which makes criminal an act done before the passage of the law and which was innocent when done, and punishes such an act.

• Ex post facto law

• Ipso facto law

• Bill of attainder

• Bill of particulars

It has the power to enact laws.

• Executive

• Legislative

• Judiciary

• State

It has the authority, under its police power, to define and punish crimes and to lay down the rules of criminal procedure.

• Executive

• Legislative

• Judiciary

• State

An act committed or omitted in violation of a public law forbidding or commanding it.

• Felony

• Offense

• Crime

• Mistake

The Revised Penal Code of the Philippines.

• Act No. 3185

• Act No. 3815

• Act No. 3518

• Act No. 3158

Body of principles, usages and rules of action, which do not rest for their authority upon any express and positive declaration of the will of the legislature.

• Statutory law

• Common law

• Civil law

• Criminal law