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AN ACT REVISING THE PENAL CODE AND OTHER PENAL LAWS. 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
- Republic Act No. 10951
First Regular Session. Begun and held in Metro Manila, on...
- Republic Act No. 11594
Third Regular Session. Begun and held in Metro Manila, on...
- Republic Act No. 10951
The penalty of life imprisonment is not provided for in the Revised Penal Code, although it is imposed by other penal statutes such as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act. Republic Act 10951, signed by president Rodrigo Duterte in 2017, updated the fines and penalties to the law. Previously, the law mandated fines ranging from five to 100,000 ...
- December 8, 1930
- Philippines
- December 8, 1930
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- Chapter One: Penalties in General
- Chapter Two: Classification of Penalties
- Chapter Three: Duration and Effects of Penalties
- Chapter Four: Application of Penalties
- Chapter Five: Execution and Service of Penalties
Article 21. Penalties that may be imposed. – No felony shall be punishable by any penalty not prescribed by law prior to its commission. Article 22. Retroactive effect of penal laws. – Penal Laws shall have a retroactive effect insofar as they favor the persons guilty of a felony, who is not a habitual criminal, as this term is defined in Rule 5 of...
Article 25. Penalties which may be imposed. – The penalties which may be imposed according to this Code, and their different classes, are those included in the following: Scale Principal Penalties Capital punishment: Death. Afflictive penalties: Reclusion perpetua, Reclusion temporal, Perpetual or temporary absolute disqualification, Perpetual or t...
Section One. – Duration of Penalties Article 27. Reclusion perpetua. – Any person sentenced to any of the perpetual penalties shall be pardoned after undergoing the penalty for thirty years, unless such person by reason of his conduct or some other serious cause shall be considered by the Chief Executive as unworthy of pardon. Reclusion temporal. –...
Section One. – Rules for the application of penalties to the persons criminally liable and for the graduation of the same. Article 46. Penalty to be imposed upon principals in general. – The penalty prescribed by law for the commission of a felony shall be imposed upon the principals in the commission of such felony. Whenever the law prescribes a p...
Section One. – General Provisions Article 78. When and how a penalty is to be executed. – No penalty shall be executed except by virtue of a final judgment. A penalty shall not be executed in any other form than that prescribed by law, nor with any other circumstances or incidents than those expressly authorized thereby. In addition to the provisio...
First Regular Session. Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-fifth day of July, two thousand sixteen. REPUBLIC ACT No. 10951. An Act Adjusting the Amount or the Value of Property and Damage on Which a Penalty is Based and the Fines Imposed Under the Revised Penal Code, Amending for the Purpose Act No. 3815, Otherwise Known as "The Revised Penal Code", as Amended
The Revised Penal Code of the Philippines is a law that regulates the penalties for felonies and other offenses. It defines the elements, conditions, and degrees of felonies, and provides the penalties for each degree. It also establishes the justifying circumstances and the application of the law outside the Philippines.
Third Regular Session. Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-sixth day of July, two thousand twenty one. [ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11594, October 29, 2021 ] AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTIES FOR PERJURY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLES 183 AND 184 OF THE ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE REVISED PENAL CODE".
Learn about the act that revised the penal code and other penal laws in the Philippines, enacted in 1930 and amended several times since then.
