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Revised Penal Code

The Revised Penal Code contains the general penal laws of the Philippines. First enacted in 1930, it remains in effect
today, despite several amendments thereto. It does not comprise a comprehensive compendium of all Philippine penal
Revised Penal Code
laws. The Revised Penal Code itself was enacted as Act No. 3815, and some Philippine criminal laws have been enacted
outside of the Revised Penal Code as separate Republic Acts.

Contents
Historical background
Features
Preliminary article
Book One
Title One: Felonies and criminal liability
Title Two: Persons criminally liable
Title Three: Penalties
Length of incarceration
Other penalties
Philippine Legislature
Accessory penalties
Long title
Title Four: Extinction of criminal liability and civil liability
Extinction of criminal liability An Act Revising the Penal Code and
other Penal Laws
Prescription of crimes
Title Five: Civil liability Citation Act No. 3815 (http://
www.thecorpusjuris.c
Book Two
om/legislative/acts/a
Title One: Crimes against national security and the law of nations
ct-no-3815.php)
Title Two: Crimes against the fundamental laws of the state
Title Three: Crimes against public order Territorial Philippines
extent
Title Four: Crimes against public interest
Title Five: Crimes relative to opium and other prohibited drugs Enacted by Governor-General of
Title Six: Crimes against public morals the Philippines with
Title Seven: Crimes committed by public officers the advice and
Title Eight: Crimes against persons consent of the
Philippine
Title Nine: Crimes against personal liberty and security
Legislature
Title Ten: Crimes against property
Title Eleven: Crimes against chastity Enacted December 8, 1930
Title Twelve: Crimes against civil status of persons Signed December 8, 1930
Title Thirteen: Crimes against honor Commenced January 1, 1932
Title Fourteen: Quasi-offenses (criminal negligence) Amended by
Title Fifteen: Final provisions
Presidential Decree No. 1602
Other penalties
(Gambling)

Amendments Presidential Decree No. 1613

See also (Arson)

References Presidential Decree No. 1744

(Arson)
External links
Keywords
Criminal law
Historical background Status: Amended

The Revised Penal Code supplanted the Spanish Código Penal, which was in force in the Philippines (then a colony of the Spanish Empire up to 1898) from
1886 to 1930, after a failed attempt in to be implemented in 1877. The new Code was drafted by a committee created in 1927, and headed by Judge Anacleto
Díaz, who would later serve on the Supreme Court. Rather than engage in a wholesale codification of all penal laws in the Philippines, the committee instead
revised the old Penal Code and included all other penal laws only insofar as they related to the Penal Code.

Features
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 and theft, and treason. The Code also penalizes other acts which are considered criminal in the Philippines, such as adultery,
concubinage, and abortion. It expressly defines the elements that each crime comprises, and the existence of all these elements have to be proven beyond
reasonable doubt in order to secure conviction.

Not all crimes in the Philippines are penalized under the Code; certain crimes, such as the illegal possession of firearms, are penalized under special
legislation contained in Republic Acts. The most notable crimes now excluded from the Revised Penal Code are those concerning illegal drug use or
trafficking, which are penalized instead under the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972 and later the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.[1][2]

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