II. True or False Direction: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if otherwise.
1. Grave abuse of discretion means that any person or office had exceeded his/its power which under the law has no legal effect.
2. The Supreme Court is composed of a chief justice and 14 associate justices. 3. Cases to be decided en banc means that at least eight justices shall convene and at least five justices must vote to make a decision.
4. Justices and judges shall hold office during good behavior until they reach the age of 70 years old.
5. The president appoints justices and judges but he/she cannot remove them. 6. The appointment of justices and judges requires no confirmation by the Commission on Appointments.
7. To appoint justices or judges, the president must choose from the list of nominees submitted by the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC).
8. By virtue of the judicial review power of the Supreme Court, the latter may declare unconstitutional any act of Congress or the executive department.
9. The Sandiganbayan reviews cases from the Regional Trial Court

(RTC) on appeal by public officials who were found guilty of graft

or crimes punishable by six years or less.

10. Under Article VIII, Section 5 (3,4,5,6), the Supreme Court does

not only interpret the law and decide cases, but it also exercises

administrative powers to supervise all the courts of the land, as

well as the admission and practice of law by lawyers
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