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Specific Characteristics of Special Penal Laws.1
Specific Characteristics of Special Penal Laws.1
I. They punish acts not defined and punished by the Revised Penal Code.
II. Intent to commit the crime is immaterial since the act is considered MALA
PRO HIB ITA.
o SPL: Mala In Se
- "Has the law been violated?"
- Good faith is therefore not a defense.
VII. The RPC is supplementary to special penal law when the SPL follows the
nomenclature of penalties in the RPC.
VIII. Conviction under the RPC for an act also punished by a SPL does not give
rise to double jeopardy.
IX. A felony under the RPC cannot be complexed with an offense under a SPL.