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Answer the following questions:

Abe, married to Liza, contracted another marriage with Connie in


Singapore. Thereafter, Abe and Connie returned to the Philippines
and lived as husband and wife in the hometown of Abe in Calamba,
Laguna.
1) Can Abe be prosecuted for bigamy?

Aaron is the defendant in a civil case being tried in the Manila


Regional Trial Court Together with his lawyer, Aaron went to
Singapore to take the deposition' of a witness who. Aaron hoped,
would support his defense. The deposition was taken in a function
room of the Singapore Hotel before Mr. Aguila, the Philippine
Consul General. Neither plaintiff nor his counsel attended the
proceeding. After the deposition taking, Aaron, not satisfied with the
results, persuaded Aguila to make substantial changes in the
transcripts of stenographic notes. Aaron offered $5,000.00 in
Singaporean currency which Aguila readily accepted. Leona,
vacationing daughter of Aguila, was given $200.00 by Aaron when
she made the alterations in the transcripts. The deponent, with
neither notice nor knowledge of the alterations, signed the
deposition. May Aaron, Aguila, and Leona be prosecuted in a
Philippine court for offenses punishable under our Revised Penal
Code?

Discuss the distinctions between dolo and culpa. Give an example


of each.

Distinguish between crimes mala in se and crimes mala prohibita.


May an act be malum in se and be, at the same time, malum
prohibitum?

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