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This web page contains the full text of Act No. 3815, which revises the penal code and other penal laws of the Philippines. It covers crimes against national security, the fundamental laws of the state, public order, and other offenses.
Preliminary Article - This law shall be known as "The Revised Penal Code." BOOK ONE GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING THE DATE OF ENFORCEMENT AND APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CODE, AND REGARDING THE OFFENSES, THE PERSONS LIABLE AND THE PENALTIES. Preliminary Title. DATE OF EFFECTIVENESS AND APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CODE. Article 1.
2. That there is a war in which the Philippines is involved; 3. That the offender either — a. levies war against the Government, or b. adheres to the enemies, giving them aid or comfort. 'The Indeterminate Sentence Law is not applicable. 2See Appendix "A, Scal" e of Penalties. 'See Appendix "A," Scale of Penalties 2
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Dec 20, 2022 · By Legal Resource PH December 20, 2022. BOOK TWO. CRIMES AND PENALTIES. Title One: Crimes Against National Security and the Law of Nations. Chapter One: Crimes Against National Security. Title Two: Crimes Against the Fundamental Laws of the State.
- Chapter One: Robbery in General
- Chapter Two: Brigandage
- Chapter Three: Theft
- Chapter Four: Usurpation
- Chapter Five: Culpable Insolvency
- Chapter Six: Swindling and Other Deceits
- Chapter Seven: Chattel Mortgage
- Chapter Eight: Arson and Other Crimes Involving Destructions
- Chapter Nine: Malicious Mischief
- Chapter Ten: Exemption from Criminal Liability in Crimes Against Property
Article 293. Who are guilty of robbery. – Any person who, with intent to gain, shall take any personal property belonging to another, by means of violence or intimidation of any person, or using force upon anything shall be guilty of robbery. Section One. – Robbery with violence or intimidation of persons. Article 294. Robbery with violence against...
NB:Brigandage under the RPC has been superseded by P.D. 532, a.k.a. the Anti-Highway Robbery Law of 1974.
Article 308. Who are liable for theft. – Theft is committed by any person who, with intent to gain but without violence against or intimidation of persons nor force upon things, shall take personal property of another without the latter’s consent. Theft is likewise committed by: 1. Any person who, having found lost property, shall fail to deliver t...
Art. 312. Occupation of real property or usurpation of real rights in property. – Any person who, by means of violence against or intimidation of persons, shall take possession of any real property or shall usurp any real rights in property belonging to another, in addition to the penalty incurred for the acts of violence executed by him, shall be ...
Article 314. Fraudulent insolvency. – Any person who shall abscond with his property to the prejudice of his creditors, shall suffer the penalty of prision mayor, if he be a merchant and the penalty of prision correccional in its maximum period to prision mayor in its medium period, if he be not a merchant.
Art. 315. Swindling (estafa). – Any person who shall defraud another by any of the means mentioned hereinbelow shall be punished by: 1st. The penalty of prisión correccional in its maximum period to prisión mayor in its minimum period, if the amount of the fraud is over Two million four hundred thousand pesos (₱2,400,000) but does not exceed Four m...
Article 319. Removal, sale or pledge of mortgaged property. – The penalty or arresto mayor or a fine amounting to twice the value of the property shall be imposed upon: 1. Any person who shall knowingly remove any personal property mortgaged under the Chattel Mortgage Law to any province or city other than the one in which it was located at the tim...
Art. 320. Destructive Arson. – The penalty of reclusion perpetua to death shall be imposed upon any person who shall burn: 1. One (1) or more buildings or edifices, consequent to one single act of burning, or as a result of simultaneous burnings, committed on several or different occasions. 2. Any building of public or private ownership, devoted to...
Article 327. Who are liable for malicious mischief. – Any person who shall deliberately cause the property of another any damage not falling within the terms of the next preceding chapter shall be guilty of malicious mischief. Art. 328. Special cases of malicious mischief. – Any person who shall cause damage to obstruct the performance of public fu...
Article 332. Persons exempt from criminal liability. – No criminal, but only civil liability, shall result from the commission of the crime of theft, swindling or malicious mischief committed or caused mutually by the following persons: 1. Spouses, ascendants and descendants, or relatives by affinity in the same line. 2. The widowed spouse with res...
Dec 20, 2022 · Article 256. Intentional abortion. – Any person who shall intentionally cause an abortion shall suffer: 1. The penalty of reclusion temporal, if he shall use any violence upon the person of the pregnant woman. 2. The penalty of prision mayor if, without using violence, he shall act without the consent of the woman. 3.
Revised Penal Code TITLE II CRIMES AGAINST THE FUNDAMENTAL LAWS OF THE STATE Chapter One ARBITRARY DETENTION OR EXPULSION, VIOLATION OF DWELLING, PROHIBITION, INTERRUPTION, AND DISSOLUTION OF PEACEFUL MEETINGS AND CRIMES AGAINST RELIGIOUS WORSHIP Section One. – Arbitrary Detention and Expulsion Art. 124. Arbitrary detention. – Any public ...
