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AN ACT REVISING THE PENAL CODE AND OTHER PENAL LAWS
Ans: Act No. 3815
December 8,1930
The Revised Penal Code of the Philippines
Ans: Preliminary Article- This law shall be known as "The Revised Penal
Code"
BOOK ONE
Ans: 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
Ans: Preliminary Title
DATE OF EFFECTIVENESS AND APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS CODE.
Article 1.
Ans: Article 1.
Time when Act takes effect.-This Code shall take effect on the first day of
January, nineteen hundred and thirty-two.
Art. 2
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Application of its provisions. - Except as provided in the treaties and laws of
preferential applications, the provisions of this Code shall be enforced only
within the Philippine Archipelago, including its atmosphere, its interior waters
and maritime zone, but also outside of its jurisdiction, against those who:
1. Should commit an offence while on a Philippine ship or airship
2. Should forge or counterfeit any coin or currency note of the Philippine
Islands or obligations and securities issued by the Government of the Philippine
Islands;
3. Should be liable for acts connected with the introduction into these islands
of the obligations and securities mentioned in the presiding number;
4. While being public officers or employees, should commit an offence int he
exercise of their functions; or
5. Should commit any of the crimes against national security and the law of
nations, defined in Title One of Book Two of this Code.
Title One
Ans: Title One
FELONIES AND CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH AFFECT CRIMINAL LIABILITY
Chapter One
Ans: Chapter One
FELONIES
Art. 3
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Definitions. - Acts and omissions punishable by law are felonies (delitos).
Felonies are committed not only by means of deceit (solo) but also by means
of fault (culpa)
There is deceit when the act is performed with deliberate intent and there is
fault when the wrongful act results from imprudence, negligence, lack of
foresight, or lack of skill.
Art. 4
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Criminal liability. - Criminal liability shall be incurred:
1. By any person committing a felony (delito) although the wrongful act done
be different from that which he intended.
2. By any person performing an act which would be an offence against persons
or property, were it not for the inherent possibility of its accomplishment or
an account of the employment of inadequate or ineffectual means.
Art. 5
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Duty of the court in connection with acts which should be repressed but
which are not covered by the law,and in cases of excessive penalties. -
Whenever a court has knowledge of any act which it may deep proper to
repress and which is not punishable by law, it shall render the proper decision,
and shall report to the Chief Executive, through the Department of Justice, the
reasons which induce the court to believe that said act should be made the
subject of legislation.
In the same way, the court shall submit to the Chief Executive, through the
Department of Justice, such statement as may be deemed proper, without
suspending the execution of the sentence, when a strict enforcement of the
provisions of this Code would result in the imposition of a clearly excessive
penalty, taking into consideration the degree of malice and the injury caused by
the offence.
Art. 6
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Consummated, frustrated, and attempted felonies. -Consummated felonies as
well as those which are frustrated and attempted, are punishable.
A felony is consummated when all the elements necessary for its execution and
accomplishment are present; and it is frustrated when the offender performs
all the acts of execution which would produce the felony as a consequence but
which, nevertheless, do not produce it by reason of causes independent of the
will of the perpetrator.
There is an attempt when the offender commences the commission of a felony
directly or over acts, and does not perform all the acts of execution which
should produce the felony by reason of some cause or accident other than this
own spontaneous desistance.
Art. 7
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REVISED PENAL CODE (ART. 1-113) Questions with
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AN ACT REVISING THE PENAL CODE AND OTHER PENAL LAWS
Ans: Act No. 3815
December 8,1930
The Revised Penal Code of the Philippines
Ans: Preliminary Article- This law shall be known as "The Revised Penal
Code"
BOOK ONE
Ans: 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
Ans: Preliminary Title
DATE OF EFFECTIVENESS AND APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS CODE.
Article 1.
Ans: Article 1.
Time when Act takes effect.-This Code shall take effect on the first day of
January, nineteen hundred and thirty-two.
Art. 2
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Ans: Art. 2
Application of its provisions. - Except as provided in the treaties and laws of
preferential applications, the provisions of this Code shall be enforced only
within the Philippine Archipelago, including its atmosphere, its interior waters
and maritime zone, but also outside of its jurisdiction, against those who:
1. Should commit an offence while on a Philippine ship or airship
2. Should forge or counterfeit any coin or currency note of the Philippine
Islands or obligations and securities issued by the Government of the Philippine
Islands;
3. Should be liable for acts connected with the introduction into these islands
of the obligations and securities mentioned in the presiding number;
4. While being public officers or employees, should commit an offence int he
exercise of their functions; or
5. Should commit any of the crimes against national security and the law of
nations, defined in Title One of Book Two of this Code.
Title One
Ans: Title One
FELONIES AND CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH AFFECT CRIMINAL LIABILITY
Chapter One
Ans: Chapter One
FELONIES
Art. 3
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Definitions. - Acts and omissions punishable by law are felonies (delitos).
Felonies are committed not only by means of deceit (solo) but also by means
of fault (culpa)
There is deceit when the act is performed with deliberate intent and there is
fault when the wrongful act results from imprudence, negligence, lack of
foresight, or lack of skill.
Art. 4
Ans: Art. 4
Criminal liability. - Criminal liability shall be incurred:
1. By any person committing a felony (delito) although the wrongful act done
be different from that which he intended.
2. By any person performing an act which would be an offence against persons
or property, were it not for the inherent possibility of its accomplishment or
an account of the employment of inadequate or ineffectual means.
Art. 5
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Ans: Art. 5
Duty of the court in connection with acts which should be repressed but
which are not covered by the law,and in cases of excessive penalties. -
Whenever a court has knowledge of any act which it may deep proper to
repress and which is not punishable by law, it shall render the proper decision,
and shall report to the Chief Executive, through the Department of Justice, the
reasons which induce the court to believe that said act should be made the
subject of legislation.
In the same way, the court shall submit to the Chief Executive, through the
Department of Justice, such statement as may be deemed proper, without
suspending the execution of the sentence, when a strict enforcement of the
provisions of this Code would result in the imposition of a clearly excessive
penalty, taking into consideration the degree of malice and the injury caused by
the offence.
Art. 6
Ans: Art. 6
Consummated, frustrated, and attempted felonies. -Consummated felonies as
well as those which are frustrated and attempted, are punishable.
A felony is consummated when all the elements necessary for its execution and
accomplishment are present; and it is frustrated when the offender performs
all the acts of execution which would produce the felony as a consequence but
which, nevertheless, do not produce it by reason of causes independent of the
will of the perpetrator.
There is an attempt when the offender commences the commission of a felony
directly or over acts, and does not perform all the acts of execution which
should produce the felony by reason of some cause or accident other than this
own spontaneous desistance.
Art. 7
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