Philippines

Philippine Act on Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law, Genocide, and Other Crimes Against Humanity

Chapter V Some Principles of Criminal Liability

Section 9. Irrelevance of Official Capacity. - This Act shall apply equally to all persons without any distinction based on official capacity. In particular, official capacity as a head of state or government, a member of a government or parliament, an elected representative or a government official shall in no case exempt a person from criminal responsibility under this Act, nor shall it, in and of itself, constitute a ground for reduction of sentence.

Keywords

Determination of sentence - national proceedings



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