AMNESTY

Question 1

A general pardon extended to a group of persons, such as political offenders purposely to bring about the return of dissidents to their home and sto restore peace and order in the community.

Answer 1

Amnesty

Question 2

It is generally exercised by the Chief Executive with the concurrence of the congress.

Answer 2

Amnesty

Question 3

It is an act of sovereign power granting oblivion or general pardon for past offense and rarely, if ever exercise in favor of single individual is usually exerted in behalf of certain classes of person who subjected to trial but not have been convicted.

Answer 3

Amnesty

Question 4

can be availed of before during and after the trial of the case, even after conviction.

Answer 4

Amnesty

Question 5

Greek word of amnesty?

Answer 5

Amnestia

Question 6

includes any crime and is exercised individually by the Chief Executive,

Answer 6

Pardon

Question 7

is blanket pardon granted to a group of prisoners, generally political prisoners

Answer 7

Amnesty

Question 8

is exercised when the person is already convicted,

Answer 8

Pardon

Question 9

maybe given before trial or investigation is done.

Answer 9

Amnesty

Question 10

is granted by the Chief Executive and such as private act, which must plead and proved by the person pardoned because the court takes no choice thereof.

Answer 10

Pardon

Question 11

is by proclamation with concurrence of congress, and it is a public act, which the court should take judicial notice

Answer 11

Amnesty

Question 12

is an act of forgiveness, i.e. it relieves the offender from the consequences of the offense

Answer 12

Pardon

Question 13

is an act of forgetfulness. i.e. it puts into oblivion the offense of which one is charged so that the person as if he had never committed the offense.

Answer 13

Amnesty

Question 14

is granted for infractions of the peace of the State

Answer 14

Pardon

Question 15

crimes against sovereignty of the state (ex. political offense)

Answer 15

Amnesty

Question 16

Granting Amnesty to rebels, insurgents, and all other persons who have or may have committed crimes committed in furtherance of political ends, and violations of the articles of war, and creating a national amnesty commission.

Answer 16

Proclamation No.347

Question 17

is hereby granted to all persons who shall apply therefor and who have or may have committed crimes, on or before thirty (30) days following the publication of this Proclamation in two (2) newspaper of general circulation, in pursuit of political beliefs, whether punishable under the Revised Penal Code or special laws

Answer 17

Amnesty

Question 18

under this Proclamation 347 shall extinguish any criminal liability for acts committed in pursuit of a political belief, without prejudice to the grantee’s civil liability for injuries of damages caused to private persons. sons.

Answer 18

Amnesty

Question 19

Under this proclamation the grant of amnesty shall also effect the restoration of civil or political rights suspended or lost by virtue of criminal conviction.

Answer 19

Proclamation no. 347

Question 20

Application for amnesty may surrender their firearms within how many days?

Answer 20

60 days

Question 21

Virtue of proclamation number 347 that created the _______

Answer 21

National amnesty commission

Question 22

hereinafter referred to as the Commission, which shall be primarily tasked with receiving and processing applications for amnesty, and determining whether the applicants are entitled to amnesty under this Proclamation. Final decisions or determinations of the Commission shall be appealable to the Court of Appeals.

Answer 22

National Amnesty Commission

Question 23

Who may apply amnesty?

Answer 23

All person that have committed the crimes enumerated in section 1

Question 24

Applications for the grant of amnesty shall be filed under oath with the Commission within ________ from the effectivity of this Proclamation.

Answer 24

six (6) months

Question 25

in criminal law, the temporary suspension of a sentence, such as a stay of execution, granted a person convicted of a capital crime.

Answer 25

Reprieve

Question 26

is usually granted by the sovereign or chief executive and also, in the United States, by the governor of a state. In some cases it may be granted by the court that tried the offender.

Answer 26

Reprieve

Question 27

It is a postponement of sentence or temporary stay of the execution of sentence especially the execution of the death sentence.

Answer 27

Reprieve

Question 28

is extended to prisoners sentenced to death.

Answer 28

Reprieve

Question 29

The date of execution of sentenced is set back several days to enable the Chief to study the petition of the condemned man for commutation of sentenced o pardon.

Answer 29

Reprieve

Question 30

is given to suspend the execution of a sentence in order to give the prisoner time to find ways to have it reduced. With respect to capital cases, a reprieve is given to suspend the execution of the death penalty for a period of time to consider whether or on it should be imposed.

Answer 30

Reprieve

Question 31

When may a Death Sentence he Suspended?

Answer 31

1. Women, while pregnant and within 1 year after delivery; 2. Person over 70 years of age, 3. In cases, wherein a convicted prisoner became insane before the actual date of execution.

Question 32

is generally to allow an investigation into the legality of the conviction or into alleged newly discovered evidence in favor of the convicted person.

Answer 32

purpose of the REPRIEVE

Question 33

delays an execution but, unlike a pardon or a commuted sentence, does not negate a sentence unless the reinvestigation shows that the prisoner has been unjustly tried or sentenced.

Answer 33

Reprieve