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The Revised Penal Code criminalizes a whole class of acts that are generally accepted as criminal, such as the taking of a life whether through murder or homicide, rape, robbery theft, and treason. The Code also penalizes other acts that are considered criminal in the Philippines, such as adultery , concubinage , and abortion .
English: Republic Act No. 11494 (Bayanihan to Recover as One Act) PDF file on the Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines website, signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on September 11, 2020
There has been calls to repeal the offending religious feelings provision from the Revised Penal Code. It has been argued that it is unconstitutional contrary to the 1987 Constitution's non-establishment clause stating "no law shall be made respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." [1] [8]
Under the Revised Penal Code, when more than one person participated in the commission of the crime, the law looks into their participation because in punishing offenders, the Revised Penal Code classifies them as principals, accomplices, or accessories. A person can be liable as a principal for (a) taking a direct part in the execution of the ...
Beginning in the American period, there was an effort to revise the Spanish codes that had remained in force even after the end of Spanish rule. A new Revised Penal Code was enacted in 1930, while a new Civil Code took effect in 1950.
Amending the Revised Penal Code or Act 3815: Decriminalizing Vagrancy 2012-04-10: 10159: Amending the Revised Penal Code or Act 3815 2012-04-10: 10160: Converting a Municipality into a Component City 2012-04-10: 10161: Converting a Municipality into a Component City 2012-04-17: 10162: Creating additional Branches of the Regional Trial Court ...
An Act Providing for Stronger Protection Against Rape and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Increasing the Age for Determining the Commission of Statutory Rape, Amending for the Purpose Act No. 3815, as Amended, Otherwise Known as "the Revised Penal Code," Republic Act No. 8353, Also Known as "the Anti-Rape Law of 1997," and Republic Act No. 7610 ...
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