CONSTITUTION MADE SIMPLE
3. Exceptions to prohibition..................................................... 87 Section 19 1. Right against excessive fines ............................................... 88 2. Right against cruel, degrading, or inhuman punishments ................................................................... 88 3. Imposition of the death penalty.......................................... 89 Section 20 1. Meaning of debt .................................................................... 89 2. Purpose of prohibition against imprisonment for debt .. 89 3. Prohibition limited to contractual obligations only......... 90 4. Meaning of poll tax............................................................... 90 5. Purpose of prohibition against imprisonment for non-payment of poll tax ......................................... 90 Section 21 1. Right against double jeopardy ............................................ 91 2. Right to appeal in criminal cases ........................................ 91 Section 22 1. Meaning of ex post facto law .............................................. 92 2. Meaning of bill of attainder................................................. 92 ARTICLE IV — CITIZENSHIP Section 1 1. Meaning of certain terms ..................................................... 93 2. General ways of acquiring citizenship ............................. 94 3. Citizens at the time of the adoption of the Constitution .................................................................... 94 4. Citizens by blood relationship ............................................ 94 5. Citizens through election under the 1935 Constitution .. 95 6. Meaning of naturalization ................................................... 95 7. Citizens by naturalization.................................................... 95 8. Ways of acquiring citizenship by naturalization.............. 96 Section 2 1. Natural-born citizens............................................................ 96
Section 13 1. Meaning of bail...................................................................... 76 2. Meaning of recognizance ..................................................... 76 3. Purpose and form of bail ..................................................... 77 4. When bail is not available.................................................... 77 5. Excessive bail prohibited ..................................................... 78 Section 14 1. Right of an accused to due process of law ........................ 78 2. Right to presumption of innocence .................................... 79 3. Statutory presumptions of guilt.......................................... 79 4. Right to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation ............................................................ 80 5. Meaning and purpose of arraignment............................... 80 6. Right to be heard by himself and counsel ......................... 80 7. Right to have a speedy, impartial, and public trial .......... 81 8. Right to confrontation of witnesses.................................... 82 9. Right to compulsory production of witnesses and evidence................................................................... 82 10. Trial in the absence of the accused ..................................... 82 Section 15 1. Meaning of writ of habeas corpus ...................................... 83 2. Purpose of the writ ............................................................... 83 3. How the writ operates.......................................................... 83 4. Suspension of the privilege of the writ.............................. 84 Section 16 1. Right to speedy disposition of cases .................................. 84 Section 17 1. Right against self-incrimination ......................................... 85 2. Form of testimony prohibited ............................................. 86 Section 18 1. Right against detention solely by reason of political beliefs and aspirations .................................................. 86 2. Meaning of involuntary servitude ..................................... 87
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