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WorksheetsQuiz 2
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
True or False. A public officer whose civil, criminal, or administrative liability was not judicially established is entitled to the retirement benefits.
True
False
True or False. Since a removal by impeachment does not explicitly provide for forfeiture as a consequence thereof, as opposed to a criminal conviction carrying the penalty of perpetual or absolute disqualification, an impeached official, cannot be deprived of his retirement benefits on the sole ground of his removal.
True
False
True or False. Impeachment is a constitutional process that takes place within the political departments of our government.
True
False
True or False. Impeachment is only preparatory to liability.
True
False
True or False. Impeachment is designed to remove the impeachable officer from office, not punish him
True
False
True or False. The House of Representatives have no exclusive power to initiate all cases of impeachment.
True
False
True or False. It is not within the discretion of Congress to determine on how to promulgate its Impeachment Rules.
True
False
True or False. Impeachment is a political process undertaken by the judiciary to determine whether the public officer committed any of the impeachable offenses.
True
False
True or False. The determination of what constitutes an impeachable offense is a purely political question.
True
False
True or False. The determination of sufficiency of form and substance of an impeachment complaint is not an exponent of the express constitutional grant of rule-making powers of the House of Representatives.
True
False
True or False. Impeachment is a criminal proceeding and conviction in an impeachment complaint is a bar to criminal prosecution for the same act.
True
False
True or False. The impeachment provisions in the Constitution are self-executing.
True
False
True or False. A respondent in impeachment proceedings risks forfeiture of the constitutional rights to life, liberty, or property and a separate determination of liability under the courts of law is not necessary to withhold such rights.
True
False
True or False. An impeached public officer whose civil, criminal, or administrative liability was not judicially established may be considered involuntarily retired from service.
True
False
True or False. A public officer who under the Constitution is required to be a member of the Philippine Bar as a qualification for the office held by him and who may be removed from office only by impeachment, cannot be charged with disbarment during the incumbency of such public officer.
True
False
True or False. While impeachment is often described as a political process, it also functions as the equivalent of administrative disciplinary proceedings against impeachable officers.
True
False
True or False. Under the Constitution, the sole disciplining authority of all impeachable officers, including Justices of this Court, is Congress.
True
False
True or False. The rule that an impeachable officer cannot be criminally prosecuted for the same offenses which constitute grounds for impeachment presupposes his continuance in office. Hence, the moment he is no longer in office because of his removal, resignation, or permanent disability, there can be no bar to his criminal prosecution in the courts.
True
False
True or False. The Supreme Court has no power to decide on the guilt or innocence of a sitting Justice in the administrative complaint because such act is a usurpation of the exclusive disciplinary power of Congress over impeachable officers under the Constitution.
True
False
True or False. The Supreme Court may conduct an investigation of an administrative complaint against a sitting Justice to determine if there is basis in recommending to the House of Representatives the initiation of an impeachment complaint against the sitting Justice.
True
False
