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  2. Revised Penal Code - Wikipedia

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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 .

  3. Philippine criminal law - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Age of consent by country - Wikipedia

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    172 177 Coahuila: No 12 — 16 229 235 Colima: No 14 — 18 146 148 Mexican Federal District: No 12 — 18 181 bis 180 Durango: No 14 — 18 177 181 Guanajuato: No 12 — 16 181 185 Guerrero: No 12 — 18 179 187 Hidalgo: No 12 — 18 180, 185 Jalisco: No 12 — 18 142-L, 142-M México (state) No 15 — 18 273 271 Michoacán: No 12 — 16 240 ...

  5. Criminal code - Wikipedia

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    A criminal code or penal code is a document that compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law.Typically a criminal code will contain offences that are recognised in the jurisdiction, penalties that might be imposed for these offences, and some general provisions (such as definitions and prohibitions on retroactive prosecution).

  6. List of Philippine legal terms - Wikipedia

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    See Revised Penal Code § Penalties. prisión mayor: major imprisonment Spanish See Revised Penal Code § Penalties. quasi-judicial agency: N/A: English An agency of the executive branch that exercises some judicial functions and before which a minimum of due process is required. [16] Cf. administrative case. quo warranto: by what authority Latin

  7. Ranbir Penal Code - Wikipedia

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    Jammu and Kashmir State Ranbir Penal Code or RPC was the main criminal code applicable in the erstwhile Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian Penal Code , applicable elsewhere in India, was not applicable here under Article 370 of the Constitution of India .

  8. Philippine legal codes - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Offending religious feelings (Philippines) - Wikipedia

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    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]