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REVISED PENAL CODE

 

REVISED PENAL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
  Full Text   Act No. 3815   

AN ACT REVISING THE PENAL CODE AND OTHER PENAL LAWS (December 8, 1930)   



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

Title One   FELONIES AND CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH AFFECT CRIMINAL LIABILITY

Chapter 1 - Felonies

Chapter 2 - Justifying Circumstances which Exempt from Criminal Liability

Chapter 3 - Circumstances which Mitigate Criminal Liability

Chapter 4 - Circumstances which Aggravate Criminal Liability

Chapter 5 - Alternative Circumstances

Title Two   PERSONS CRIMINALLY LIABLE FOR FELONIES 

Title Three   P E N A L T I E S   

Chapter 1 - Penalties in General

Section 1- Penalties in General

Chapter 2 - Classification of Penalties

Chapter 3 - Duration and Effects of Penalties

Section One - Duration of Penalties

Section Two - Effects of the penalties according to their respective nature

Section Three - Penalties in which other accessory penalties are inherent

Chapter 4 - Application of Penalties

Section One - Rules for the application of penalties to the persons criminally liable and for the graduation of the same.

Section Two - Rules for the application of penalties with regard to the mitigating and aggravating circumstances, and habitual delinquency

Section Three - Provisions common in the last two preceding sections

Chapter 5 - Execution and Service of Penalties

Section One - General Provisions

Section Two - Execution of principal penalties.

Title Four   EXTINCTION OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY

Chapter 1 - Total Extinction of Criminal Liability

Chapter 2 - Partial Extinction of Criminal Liability

Title Five   CIVIL LIABILITY   

Chapter 1 - Person Civilly Liable for Felonies

Chapter 2 - What Civil Liability Includes

Chapter 3 - Extinction and Survival of Civil Liability

 

BOOK TWO - CRIMES AND PENALTIES  

Title One   CRIMES AGAINST NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE LAW OF NATIONS

Chapter One - Crimes Against National Security

Section One - Treason and espionage 

Section Two - Provoking war and disloyalty in case of war

Section Three - Piracy and mutiny on the high seas

Title Two   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 Two - Violation of domicile

Section Three - Prohibition, interruption and dissolution of peaceful meetings

Section Four - Crimes against religious worship

Title Three   CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER  

 Chapter One -  Rebellion, Sedition and Disloyalty

Chapter Two -  Crimes Against Popular Representation

 Section One - Crimes against legislative bodies and similar bodies

Section Two - Violation of parliamentary immunity

Chapter Three - Illegal Assemblies and Associations

Chapter Four - Assault Upon, and Resistance and Disobedience to, Persons in Authority and Their Agents

Chapter Five - Public Disorders 

Chapter Six - Evasion of Service of Sentence 

Chapter Seven - Commission of Another Crime During Service of Penalty Imposed for Another Previous Offense

Title Four   CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC INTEREST   

Chapter One - Forgeries

Section One - Forging the seal of the Government of the Philippine Islands, the signature or stamp of the Chief Executive.

Section Two - Counterfeiting Coins

Section Three - Forging treasury or bank notes, obligations and securities; importing and uttering false or forged notes, obligations and securities.

Section Four - Falsification of legislative, public, commercial, and private documents, and wireless, telegraph, and telephone message.

Section Five - Falsification of medical certificates, certificates of merit or services and the like. 

Section Six - Manufacturing, importing and possession of instruments or implements intended for the commission of falsification. 

Chapter Two  Other Falsifications

Sec. One - Usurpation of authority, rank, title, and improper use of names, uniforms and insignia.

Section Two  - False testimony

Chapter Three - Frauds

Section One - Machinations, monopolies and combinations

Section Two - Frauds in commerce and industry

Title Five   CRIMES RELATIVE TO OPIUM AND OTHER PROHIBITED DRUGS

Title Six   CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS   

Chapter One - Gambling and Betting

~Click here for the full text of Presidential Decree No. 1602 Simplifying and Providing Stiffer Penalties for Violations of Philippine Gambling Laws

 Chapter Two - Offenses Against Decency and Good Customs

Title Seven   CRIMES COMMITTED BY PUBLIC OFFICERS   

Chapter One - Preliminary Provisions

Chapter Two - Malfeasance and Misfeasance in Office

Section One - Dereliction of duty

Section Two -  Bribery

Chapter Three - Frauds and Illegal Exactions and Transactions

Chapter Four - Malversation of Public Funds or Property

Chapter Five  Infidelity of Public Officers

Section One - Infidelity in the custody of prisoners

Section Two - Infidelity in the custody of document

Section Three - Revelation of secrets

Chapter Six  Other Offenses or Irregularities by Public Officers

Section Two -  Anticipation, prolongation and abandonment of the duties and powers of public office.

Section Three -  Usurpation of powers and unlawful appointments

Section Four - Abuses against chastity

Title Eight   CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS   

Chapter One - Destruction of Life

Section One - Parricide, murder, homicide

Section Two - Infanticide and abortion.

Section Three - Duel

Chapter Two - Physical Injuries

Title Nine   CRIMES AGAINST PERSONAL LIBERTY AND SECURITY   

Chapter One - Crimes Against Liberty 

Section Two - Kidnapping of minors 

Chapter Two - Crimes Against Security 

 Section One - Abandonment of helpless persons and exploitation of minors.

Section Two -  Trespass to dwelling

Section Three - Threats and coercion

Chapter Three - Discovery and Revelation of Secrets

Title Ten   CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY   

Chapter One - Robbery in General 

Section One - Robbery with violence or intimidation of persons.

Section Two - Robbery by the use of force upon things

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

~Click here for the full text of Presidential Decree No. 1613 Amending the Law on ARSON and Presidential Decree No. 1744 Amending Article Three Hundred and Twenty of the Revised Penal Code Provisions on Arson  

Chapter Nine - Malicious Mischief

Chapter Ten - Exemption from Criminal Liability in Crimes Against Property

Title Eleven   CRIMES AGAINST CHASTITY   

Chapter One - Adultery and Concubinage

Chapter Two - Rape and Acts of Lasciviousness

Chapter Three - Seduction, Corruption of Minors and White Slave Trade

Chapter Four - Abduction

Chapter Five  Provisions Relative to the Preceding Chapters of Title Eleven

Title Twelve   CRIMES AGAINST THE CIVIL STATUS OF PERSONS  

 Chapter One - Simulation of Births and Usurpation of Civil Status

Chapter Two - Illegal Marriages 

Title Thirteen   CRIMES AGAINST HONOR  

 Chapter One - LIBEL  

Section One - Definitions, forms, and punishment of this crime.

Section Two - General provisions

Chapter Two - Incriminatory Machinations

Title Fourteen  QUASI-OFFENSES

Sole Chapter  Criminal Negligence

Final Provisions

 

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