Who is not entitled to the benefits of the exceptional circumstances defense provided in Article 247?
Those who promote prostitution or consent to spousal infidelity are disqualified from the destierro benefit.
What is the penalty for a public officer who abandons office to evade preventing or prosecuting a crime against persons?
Abandoning office to evade duty for preventing or prosecuting serious crimes is punished by prision correccional.
What are the qualifying circumstances that elevate a killing to the crime of Murder?
Murder is killing a non-relative with treachery, superior strength, or other means ensuring impunity.
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What is the penalty if a public officer abandons office to evade the duty of preventing, prosecuting, or punishing any other crime?
Abandoning office to evade duties related to any other crime results in the penalty of arresto mayor.
What specific circumstances involving motive, force of nature, or calamity qualify a killing as Murder?
Killing for reward or using destructive means like fire, explosion, or during a calamity is murder.
What actions constitute Usurpation of legislative powers by a public officer?
Public officer usurping legislative powers by making rules beyond authority or attempting to repeal law.
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What are the circumstances related to planning and cruelty that qualify a killing as Murder?
Murder is qualified by evident premeditation or cruelty, such as inhumanly augmenting the victim’s suffering.
What penalties are imposed upon a public officer found guilty of Usurpation of legislative powers?
Penalty for usurping legislative powers includes prision correccional and a fine up to P200,000.
How is the crime of Homicide defined and what is its prescribed penalty?
Homicide is killing another without murder or parricide circumstances, punished by reclusion temporal.
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When is a judge guilty of Usurpation of executive functions and what is the penalty?
A judge assuming executive power or obstructing it suffers arresto mayor to prision correccional.
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