Answer the following questions concisely and cite your legal basis for

each answer. Use yellow paper.

1. What is the rule regarding the implied institution of a civil action?

2. Who may appeal the civil aspect of the case?
3. Who may appeal the criminal aspect of the case?
4. What are the rules to be observed with respect to the legal
standing of private complainants in assailing judgments or orders
in criminal proceedings before the Supreme Court and the Court
of Appeals?
5. When may an offended party reserve the right to file a separate
civil action?
6. What is the rule with respect to the suspension of a separate civil
action?
7. When will the separate civil action be consolidated with the
criminal action?
8. In the preceding number, if the consolidation is granted by the
court, what will happen to the evidence already presented in the
civil case?
9. What are the different independent civil actions?
10. What is a prejudicial question?
11. What are the elements of a prejudicial question?
12. What must be done in order to suspend the proceedings in a
criminal case due to a prejudicial question?
13. What is the effect of acquittal on the civil liability of the
accused?
14. In what instances may a civil action ex delicto be instituted
despite the acquittal of the accused?
15. What is the effect of the death of the accused on his civil
liability?