The Revised Penal Code of the Philippines
Act No. 3815
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Book 1: 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
Title 1: FELONIES AND CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH AFFECT CRIMINAL LIABILITY
Chapter 1: FELONIES
- Article 4: Criminal liability ken impossible crimeCriminal liability shall be incurred: 1. By any person committing a felony (delito) although the wrongful act done be different from that…
- Article 6: Consummated, frustrated ken attempted a felonyConsummated felonies, as well as those which are frustrated and attempted, are punishable. A felony is consummated when all the elements…
- Article 8: Conspiracy ken proposalConspiracy and proposal to commit felony are punishable only in the cases in which the law specially provides a penalty therefor. A…
Chapter 2: JUSTIFYING CIRCUMSTANCES AND CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH EXEMPT FROM CRIMINAL LIABILITY
Chapter 4: CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH AGGRAVATE CRIMINAL LIABILITY
Title 2: PERSONS CRIMINALLY LIABLE FOR FELONIES
- Article 17: Dagiti principalThe following are considered principals: 1. Those who take a direct part in the execution of the act; 2. Those who directly force or…
- Article 19: Dagiti accessoryAccessories are those who, having knowledge of the commission of the crime, and without having participated therein, either as principals…
Title 3: PENALTIES
Chapter 3: DURATION AND EFFECT OF PENALTIES
Section 1: Duration of Penalties
- Article 27: Kabayag dagiti dusaNaamyendaanThe penalty of reclusion perpetua shall be from twenty years and one day to forty years. Reclusion temporal. - The penalty of reclusion…
- Article 29: Credit ti preventive imprisonmentNaamyendaanOffenders or accused who have undergone preventive imprisonment shall be credited in the service of their sentence consisting of…
Section 2: Effects of the penalties according to their respective nature
Chapter 4: APPLICATION OF PENALTIES
Section 1: Rules for the application of penalties to the persons criminally liable, criminally liable and for the graduation of the same
Chapter 5: EXECUTION AND SERVICE OF PENALTIES
Title 4: EXTINCTION OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY
Chapter 1: Total extinction of criminal liability
- Article 89: Kasano a naan-anay a malpas ti criminal liabilityCriminal liability is totally extinguished: 1. By the death of the convict, as to the personal penalties; and as to pecuniary penalties,…
- Article 90: Prescription ti krimenNaamyendaanCrimes punishable by death, reclusion perpetua or reclusion temporal shall prescribe in twenty years. Crimes punishable by other…
Chapter 2: Partial extinction of criminal liability
Title 5: CIVIL LIABILITY
Chapter 1: PERSONS CIVILLY LIABLE FOR FELONIES
Book 2: CRIMES AND PENALTIES
Title 2: CRIMES AGAINST THE FUNDAMENTAL LAWS OF THE STATE
Chapter 1: ARBITRARY DETENTION OR EXPULSION, VIOLATION OF DWELLING, PROHIBITION, INTERRUPTION, AND DISSOLUTION OF PEACEFUL MEETINGS AND CRIMES AGAINST RELIGIOUS WORSHIP.
Title 3: CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER
Chapter 4: ASSAULT UPON, AND RESISTANCE AND DISOBEDIENCE TO PERSONS IN AUTHORITY AND THEIR AGENTS
- Article 148: Direct assaultNaamyendaanAny person or person who, without a public uprising, shall employ force or intimidation for the attainment of any of the purposes…
- Article 151: Resistance ken disobedienceNaamyendaanThe penalty of arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (P100, 000) shall be imposed upon any person who not…
Title 4: CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC INTEREST
Chapter 1: FORGERIES
Section 4: Falsification of legislative, public, commercial, and private documents, and wireless, telegraph, and telephone messages
Chapter 2: OTHER FALSITIES
Title 8: CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS
Chapter 1: DESTRUCTION OF LIFE
Section 1: Parricide, murder, homicide
- Article 246: ParricideNaamyendaanAny person who shall kill his father, mother, or child, whether legitimate or illegitimate, or any of his ascendants, or descendants, or…
- Article 248: MurderNaamyendaanAny person who, not falling within the provisions of Article 246 shall kill another, shall be guilty of murder and shall be punished by…
- Article 249: HomicideAny person who, not falling within the provisions of article 246 shall kill another without the attendance of any of the circumstances…
- Article 254: Discharge of firearms (panangpaputok iti paltog)Naamyendaan(a) Any person who shall shoot at another with any firearm shall suffer the penalty of prision correccional in its minimum and medium…
Chapter 2: PHYSICAL INJURIES
- Article 263: Serious physical injuriesAny person who shall wound, beat, or assault another, shall be guilty of the crime of serious physical injuries and shall suffer: 1. The…
- Article 265: Less serious physical injuriesNaamyendaanAny person who shall inflict upon another physical injuries not described in the preceding articles, but which shall incapacitate the…
- Article 266: Slight physical injuries ken maltreatmentNaamyendaanThe crime of slight physical injuries shall be punished: 1. By arresto menor when the offender has inflicted physical injuries which shall…
Title 9: CRIMES AGAINST PERSONAL LIBERTY AND SECURITY
Chapter 1: CRIMES AGAINST LIBERTY
Chapter 2: CRIMES AGAINST SECURITY
Section 2: Trespass to dwelling
- Article 280: Qualified trespass to dwelling: serrek iti balayNaamyendaanAny private person who shall enter the dwelling of another against the latter's will, shall be punished by arresto mayor and a fine not…
- Article 281: Dadduma a kita ti trespassNaamyendaanThe penalty of arresto menor or a fine not exceeding- Forty thousand pesos (P40,000), or both, shall be imposed upon any person who shall…
Section 3: Threats and coercion
- Article 282: Grave threatsNaamyendaanAny person who shall threaten another with the infliction upon the person, honor or property of the latter or of his family of any wrong…
- Article 283: Light threatsA threat to commit a wrong not constituting a crime, made in the manner expressed in subdivision 1 of the next preceding article, shall be…
- Article 285: Other light threatsNaamyendaanThe penalty of arresto menor in its minimum period or a fine not exceeding Forty thousand pesos (P40,000) shall be imposed upon: 1. Any…
- Article 286: Grave coercionsNaamyendaanThe penalty of prision correccional and a fine not exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000) shall be imposed upon any person who…
- Article 287: Light coercions ken unjust vexationNaamyendaanAny person who,, by means of violence, shall seize anything belonging to his debtor for the purpose of applying the same to the payment of…
Title 10: CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY
Chapter 1: ROBBERY IN GENERAL
Section 1: Robbery with violence against or intimidation of persons
Section 2: Robbery by the use of force upon things
Chapter 2: BRIGANDAGE
- Article 308: Siasino ti nakabasol iti theftTheft is committed by any person who, with intent to gain but without violence against or intimidation of persons nor force upon things,…
- Article 309: Dusa ti theft maitunos iti gatadNaamyendaanAny person guilty of theft shall be punished by: 1. The penalty of prision mayor in its minimum and medium periods, if the value of the…
- Article 310: Qualified theftNaamyendaanThe crime of theft shall be punished by the penalties next higher by two degrees than those respectively specified in the next preceding…
Chapter 6: SWINDLING AND OTHER DECEITS
- Article 315: Swindling (estafa)NaamyendaanAny person who shall defraud another by any of the means mentioned herein below shall be punished by: 1st. The penalty of prision…
- Article 316: Dadduma a kita ti swindlingThe penalty of arresto mayor in its minimum and medium periods and a fine of not less than the value of the damage caused and not more…
- Article 318: Dadduma a panangallilaw (other deceits)NaamyendaanThe penalty of arresto mayor and a fine of not less than the amount of the damage caused and not more than twice such amount, shall be…
Chapter 9: MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
- Article 327: Siasino ti nakabasol iti malicious mischiefAny person who shall deliberately cause to the property of another any damage not falling within the terms of the next preceding chapter…
- Article 329: Other mischiefs: dusa maitunos iti pategNaamyendaanThe mischiefs not included in the next preceding article shall be punished: 1. By arresto mayor in its medium and maximum periods, if the…
Chapter 10: EXEMPTION FROM CRIMINAL LIABILITY IN CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY
Title 11: CRIMES AGAINST CHASTITY
Chapter 1: ADULTERY AND CONCUBINAGE
- Article 333: AdulteryAdultery is committed by any married woman who shall have sexual inter-course with a man not her husband and by the man who has carnal…
- Article 334: ConcubinageAny husband who shall keep a mistress in the conjugal dwelling, or, shall have sexual intercourse, under scandalous circumstances, with a…
Title 12: CRIMES AGAINST THE CIVIL STATUS OF PERSONS
Title 13: CRIMES AGAINST HONOR
Chapter 1: LIBEL
Section 1: Definition, forms and punishment of this crime
- Article 353: Kaipapanan ti libelA libel is a public and malicious imputation of a crime, or of a vice or defect, real or imaginary, or any act, omission, condition,…
- Article 354: Maipagarup ti malice (requirement for publicity)Every defamatory imputation is presumed to be malicious, even if it be true, if no good intention and justifiable motive for making it is…
- Article 355: Dusa ti libel babaen ti surat ken kapadpada a wagasNaamyendaanA libel committed by means of writing, printing, lithography, engraving, radio, phonograph, painting, theatrical exhibition.,…
- Article 356: Panangpangta nga ipablaak para iti kuartaNaamyendaanThe penalty of arresto mayor or a fine from Forty thousand pesos (P40,000) to Four hundred thousand pesos (P400,000), or both, shall be…
- Article 358: Slander (oral defamation)NaamyendaanOral defamation shall be punished by arresto mayor in its maximum period to prision correccional in its minimum period if it is of a…
- Article 359: Slander by deedNaamyendaanThe penalty of arresto mayor in its maximum period to prision correccional in its minimum period or a fine ranging from Twenty thousand…
Chapter 2: INCRIMINATORY MACHINATIONS
- Article 363: Panangipabasol iti awan basolna a taoAny person who, by any act not constituting perjury, shall directly incriminate or impute to an innocent person the commission of a crime,…
- Article 364: Intriguing against honorNaamyendaanThe penalty of arresto menor or fine not exceeding Twenty thousand pesos (P20,000) shall be imposed for any intrigue which has for its…
Ania dagiti saludsod maipapan iti Revised Penal Code a nasungbatan ditoy?
- Acts of Lasciviousness: Kaipapanan ken DusaActs of lasciviousness iti Article 336: ania daytoy a krimen, ti dusa a prision correccional, ken kaano a maipakat ti RA 7610 no ubing ti biktima.
- Adultery ken Concubinage: Ania ti Masapul a Paneknekan ken DusaAdultery ken concubinage iti Revised Penal Code: ania ti masapul a paneknekan, dagiti dusa, siasino ti mabalin nga agreklamo, ken ti epekto ti pammakawan.
- Affidavit of Desistance: Malpas Kadi ti Criminal Case?Ania ti kuna ti Supreme Court iti affidavit of desistance: apay a saan a patpatien ti korte ken apay a bassit ti pategna no kalpasan ti conviction.
- Alarms and Scandals: Krimen Kadi ti Naariwawa a Nabartek a Kaarruba?Alarms and scandals iti Article 155: uppat nga aramid a madusa: arresto menor wenno multa agingga iti ₱40,000, ken apay nga Article 254 ti panagpaltog.
- Kaano a Mabalinnaka a Tiliwen ti Pulis nga Awan ti Warrant?Mabalin a tumiliw ti pulis wenno pribado a tao nga awan warrant iti tallo laeng a kaso iti Rule 113. Ania dagitoy ken ti kuna ti Veridiano iti tip.
- Blackmail: Panangbutbuteng nga Ibutaktak ti Tao no Saan a BayadanAwan ti sao a blackmail iti Revised Penal Code, ngem dusaen ti Articles 282 ken 356 ken RA 9995 ti panangbutbuteng nga ibutaktak ti tao gapu iti kuarta.
- Natiliw nga Ag-shoplifting Sakbay a Rimmuar iti Tienda: Theft Kadin?Adda kadi frustrated theft iti Pilipinas? Awan. Iti Valenzuela v. People, inkeddeng ti Supreme Court a nalpas ti theft no naiggaman ti agtakaw ti banag.
- Community Service Imbes a Maibalud: Siasino ti Mabalin nga AgkiddawCommunity service iti Article 88-A (RA 11362): ania a dusa ti mairaman, ti ikeddeng ti korte, no ania ti mapasamak no malabsing, ken apay a maminsan laeng.
- Mano ti Damages para iti Murder wenno Homicide? (People v. Jugueta)Damages para kadagiti tagatawid iti murder ken homicide iti People v. Jugueta: civil indemnity, moral, exemplary, temperate damages ken 6% nga interest.
- Direct Assault: Panangraut iti Pulis, Mangisursuro wenno OpisialDirect assault iti Article 148 RPC: kaipapananna, siasino ti person in authority, ti dusa kalpasan ti RA 10951, ken kaano a resistance laeng.
- Malpas Kadi ti Criminal Case no Matay ti Akusado?No matay ti akusado sakbay ti final judgment, malpas ti criminal liability (Article 89 RPC). Kitaem ti kuna ti Bayotas ken Rule 111 iti damages ken estate.
- Estafa iti Pilipinas: Dagiti Elemento ken DusaAnia ti dusa ti estafa iti Pilipinas? Dagiti gatad ti RA 10951, kabayag ti dusa iti tunggal bracket, elemento, ken kaano a saan nga estafa ti utang.
- Napabasolan iti Krimen a Saanmo nga Inaramid: Ania ti Kuna ti LintegFalse accusation iti linteg ti Pilipinas: planting evidence iti Article 363, perjury iti Article 183, ken damages para iti malicious prosecution.
- Falsification of Documents: Dusa iti Palso a PapelesFalsification of documents iti Articles 171 ken 172: aramid a mairaman, dusa ti public officer ken pribado a tao, ken panangusar iti palso a papeles.
- GCTA: Kasano a Kuentaen ti Good Conduct Time AllowanceGCTA: 20 agingga 30 nga aldaw a maikissay iti bulan a nasayaat ti kababalin, ken 15 para iti panagadal wenno panangisuro. Siasino ti mangted ken desision.
- Grave Coercion: Kaano nga Agbalin a Krimen ti PanangpilitGrave coercion iti Article 286: panangpilit wenno panangpasardeng babaen ti puersa, pangta wenno panangbutbuteng, dusa, ken ti light coercion.
- Grave Threats: Kasano no Adda Mangpangta a Mangpatay Kenka?Grave threats, light threats ken other light threats iti RPC: ti test ti Supreme Court, dagiti dusa, ken ania ti kaipapanan ti pangta a patayendaka.
- Kasano Kabayag a Mabalinnaka nga Ibalud ti Polis? (12, 18, 36 Oras)Iti Article 125, masapul nga iyawat ti polis ti naibalud iti proper judicial authorities iti uneg ti 12, 18 wenno 36 oras, maibatay iti dusa. Kitaem.
- Mano ti Bail iti Pilipinas ken Kasano a Makuenta Daytoy?Ti judge ti mangikeddeng iti bail. Kitaem ti formula ti DOJ, dagiti timbangen ti korte, sadino ti pagbayadan ti cash bail ken kaano a maisubli.
- Inagaw ti Sabali ti Dagam babaen ti Puersa: Krimen Kadi Dayta?Ti panangagaw iti daga babaen ti violence wenno panangbutbuteng ket usurpation iti Article 312 RPC. Kitaem dagiti requisite, multa ken forcible entry.
- Panangiwaras iti Tsismis: Kaano nga Agbalin a Krimen?Ti panangiwaras iti tsismis ket mabalin nga intriguing against honor iti Article 364 RPC. Kitaem ti kasapulanna, ti dusa ken ti nagdumaanna iti slander.
- Depensa Kadi ti Pannakabartek iti Krimen?Saan a pambar ti pannakabartek iti krimen. Iti Article 15 RPC, ti napaneknekan nga intoxication ket mabalin a mangibaba wenno mangipangato iti dusa.
- Krimen Kadi ti Panangilemmeng iti Kabagian a Nakaaramid iti Krimen?Nawaya dagiti asideg a kabagian kadagiti dusa ti accessory iti Article 20 RPC, malaksid iti maysa, ngem awan ti kasta a laksid iti PD 1829 iti harboring.
- Maibawas Kadi iti Sentensia ti Pannakaibalud Sakbay ti Conviction?Preventive imprisonment iti Article 29 (RA 10592): naan-anay wenno four-fifths a credit, siasino ti saan a mairaman, ken wayawaya no madanon ti maximum.
- Bailable Kadi ti Murder iti Pilipinas?Saan a bailable ti murder no napigsa ti ebidensia ti basol. Kitaem no kasano ti bail hearing, siasino ti mangpaneknek, ken apay a bailable ti homicide.
- Krimen Kadi ti Panangluk-at kadagiti Surat ti Sabali?Krimen iti Article 290 RPC ti panangala iti surat ti sabali tapno maammuan dagiti limedna. Kitaem ti dusa ken apay a saan a sakup ti nagannak ken asawa.
- Depensa Kadi ti Kinapudno iti Libel?Saan a kanayon nga umdas ti kinapudno iti libel: kiddawen met ti Article 361 ti nasayaat a motibo ken panggep. Iti public figure, masapul ti actual malice.
- Kidnapping ken Illegal Detention: Dagiti DusaKidnapping and serious illegal detention iti Article 267, slight illegal detention iti Article 268, kaso ti ransom, ken ti dusa a maipataw ita.
- Libel iti Pilipinas: Elements, Dusa ken Deadline ti PanagidatagLibel iti Article 353: uppat nga elements, kaano a maipagarup ti malice, pannakaibalud wenno multa a ₱40,000-₱1,200,000, ken deadline a maysa a tawen.
- Malicious Mischief: Dusa ti Panangdadael iti Sanikua ti SabaliTi malicious mischief ket inggagara a panangdadael iti sanikua ti sabali. Kitaem dagiti dusa ti RA 10951, special cases ken dadael gapu iti kinaliway.
- Oral Defamation (Slander): Krimen Kadi ti Panangpukkaw iti Insulto?Oral defamation (slander) iti Article 358: no kaano a krimen ti insulto, serious wenno slight, ti dusa, slander by deed, ken ti innem a bulan a deadline.
- Parricide: Ania Daytoy ken Ti DusanaParricide iti Article 246: panangpatay iti nagannak, anak, sabali nga ascendant wenno descendant, wenno asawa; ti dusa ita; ken nagdumaanna iti murder.
- Perjury: Panagulbod a Nakasapata ken Ti DusanaPerjury iti Article 183 (RA 11594): dagiti elemento, ania ti material matter, ti pannakaibalud, ti multa ken ti pannakaiparit iti saad ti gobierno.
- Physical Injuries: Serious, Less Serious wenno Slight? Dagiti DusaSlight, less serious wenno serious physical injuries: kasano nga ikeddeng dagiti aldaw a saan a makatrabaho wenno maagasan ti krimen, ken ti dusa iti RPC.
- Mano a Tawen Sakbay nga Ag-prescribe ti Criminal Case?Kasano kabayag ti panawen nga agidarum iti criminal case: ti Article 90, no kaano a mangrugi ken agsardeng ti bilang, ken apay nga uppat a tawen ti BP 22.
- Siasino ti Mabalin nga Agaplay iti Probation iti Pilipinas?Ikiddaw ti probation iti uneg ti appeal period, ket mapukaw ti apela no agaplayka. Kitaen no siasino ti saan a mabalin ken ti binaliwan ti RA 10707.
- Ania ti Qualified Theft? Dusa para iti Kasambahay ken EmpleadoTi qualified theft ket panagtakaw nga addaan iti kasasaad iti Article 310, kas iti panagtakaw ti kasambahay. Dua a degree a nangatngato ti dusana.
- Dusa ti Reckless Imprudence: Homicide, Injuries wenno DamageDusa ti reckless imprudence resulting in homicide, physical injuries wenno damage to property iti Article 365, ti one-case rule ken ti damages a bayadan.
- Mabalin Kadi a Mairuarak Uray Awan ti Bail? Release on RecognizanceNapanglaw unay ket saan a kabaelan ti bail? Ipalubos ti RA 10389 ti release on recognizance iti custodian. Kitaem no siasino ti mabalin ken ti dokumento.
- Panangsuppiat wenno Saan a Panagtulnog iti Pulis: Krimen Kadi?Panangsuppiat wenno nakaro a saan a panagtulnog iti pulis iti Article 151 RPC: elemento, dusa kalpasan ti RA 10951, ken nagdumaanna iti direct assault.
- Robbery iti Pilipinas: Dagiti Kita ken DusaRobbery iti Revised Penal Code: ania ti mangpagbalin a robbery ti panangala, dagiti dusa no adda puersa wenno pangta, ken no sinerrek ti balay.
- Self-Defense iti Pilipinas: Kaano a Legal Daytoy?Self-defense iti Article 11: unlawful aggression, nainkalintegan a wagas, awan ti provocation. Kasano a sukimaten ti korte, ken panangsalaknib iti sabali.
- Slander by Deed: Kaano a Krimen ti Panagtungpa wenno GalawSlander by deed iti Article 359: aramid a mangibabain iti sabali, dagiti dusa ken multa kalpasan ti RA 10951, ken ti innem a bulan nga agidatag iti kaso.
- Ania ti Mapasamak no Saanmo a Mabayadan ti Multa ti Korte?Subsidiary imprisonment iti Article 39: pannakaibalud no saan a makabayad iti multa, panangbilang kadagiti aldaw, limitasion, ken apay a bayadan latta.
- Mabalin Kadi ti Agidarum iti Theft wenno Estafa Maibusor iti Kabagiam?Ti theft, estafa wenno malicious mischief iti asideg a kabagian ket civil liability laeng iti Article 332 RPC. Siasino ti sakup ken dagiti limitasion.
- Ania ti Dusa ti Theft (Panagtakaw) iti Pilipinas?Agpannuray ti dusa ti theft iti Pilipinas iti gatad ti natakaw. Kitaem dagiti bracket ti RA 10951, ti napukaw a banag, ken ti theft ken robbery.
- Trespass to Dwelling iti Pilipinas: Kaano a Krimen ti Panagserrek?Trespass to dwelling ti panagserrek iti balay ti sabali a maibusor iti pagayatanna. Kitaem ti dusa iti RA 10951, dagiti exception ken ti nalikmut a daga.
- Unjust Vexation iti Pilipinas: Kaipapanan ken DusaUnjust vexation iti Article 287: kaipapanan, pagarigan, arresto menor wenno multa a ₱1,000 agingga ₱40,000, ken ti dua a bulan a panawen nga agidatag.
- Panangpaputok iti Paltog iti Bisperas ti Baro a Tawen: Ania ti Dusa?Krimen ti panangpaputok iti tangatang (Article 254, RA 11926): 4 a bulan ken 1 aldaw agingga iti 6 a bulan, kansela a gun license ken ban iti agnanayon.
Pangkabaruan laeng nga impormasion daytoy, saan a legal a pammagbaga. Para iti kasoyo, agsaludsod iti abogado, iti Public Attorney's Office (PAO) wenno iti ahensia.
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