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Persons and Family Relations Midterm Exam.1. A law was passed providing for its immediate effectivity.a) Does this mean that its immediate effectivity provision would dispense with the publication requirement?(5 points)b) ay the 15!day period of publication be reduced or e"tended? (5 points)

#. Accused was charged under $.A. % and was sentenced to life imprisonment. 'hile on appeal $A %5*reducing the penalty for the offense depending upon the weight was enacted. +an the law be applied to theaccused? 'hy? (5 points)

,. A is the owner of an apartment which is being leased to - who has not been paying his rental for the lastten months. A while - was away entered into the premises brought out the things belonging to - andpadloced the premises preventing - from entering into it. - sued for damages. A interposed the defense thathe was /ust e"ercising his rights as owner of the premised. Decide. (5 points)

&. A and - are married. 0hey have two (#) children + and D. + is married to and they have a son 2. 3 ismarried to D and they have a daughter 4. 2 and 4 got married. s their marriage valid? 'hy? (5 points)

5. aria and 6uis both 4ilipinos were married by a +atholic priest in 6ourdes +hurch 7ue8on +ity in 1**#.6uis was drun on the day of his wedding. n fact he slumped at the altar soon after the ceremony. Aftermarriage 6uis never had a steady /ob because he was drun most of the time. 4inally he could not getemployed at all because of drunenness. 9ence it was aria who had to earn a living to support herself andher child begotten by 6uis. n 1**% aria filed a petition for annulment of marriage in the church on the

ground of psychological incapacity to comply with his marital obligations. 9er petition was granted by thechurch matrimonial court.a) +an aria now get married legally to another man under :hilippines laws after her marriage to 6uis wasannulled by the church matrimonial court? 'hy? (5 points)b) 'hat must aria do to enable her to get married lawfully to another man under :hilippine laws? (5 points)

%. A and - are married. A has been absent for a period of five (5 ) years without - nowing his whereabouts.- then got married to + without prior declaration of A;s presumptive death.a) s the marriage valid? (5 points)b)

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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 1 MI!TERM E"AMS

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a) :art of the fundamental principles in our +onstitution is the H