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PHL-1930-L-57377
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Revised Penal Code of the Philippines (Act No. 3815).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Philippines
Subjects (Classification)
Criminal and penal law
Adopted on (Date of text)
1930-12-08
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Revises the Penal Code and other penal laws. Book 1 contain provisions on felonies and circumstances which affect criminal liability (Title 1), persons criminally liable for felonies (Title 2), penalties (Title 3), extinction of criminal liability (Title 4), and civil liability (Title 5). Book 2 makes provision for crimes against national security and the law of nations (Title 1), crimes against the fundamental laws of the state (Title 2), crimes against public order (Title 3), crimes against public interest (Title 4), crimes relative to opium and other prohibited drugs (Title 5), crimes against public morals (Title 6), crimes committed by public officers (Title 7), crimes against persons (Title 8), crimes against personal liberty and security (Title 9), crimes against property (Title 10), crimes against chastity (Title 11), crimes against the civil status of persons (Title 12), crimes against honor (Title 13), and quasi-offenses (Title 14).
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
1932-01-01
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Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
2012-07-25 (PHL-2012-L-94022)
An Act Decriminalizing Vagrancy, amending for this purpose article 202 of Act No. 3815, as amended otherwise known as the Revised Penal Code (R.A. No. 10158).
Amending text(s)
2013-05-29 (PHL-2013-L-97165)
An Act amending Articles 29, 94, 97, 98 and 99 of Act No. 3815, as amended, otherwise known as the Revised Penal Code (R.A. No. 10592).
Amending text(s)
2015-03-13 (PHL-2015-L-98919)
An Act repealing the Crime of Premature Marriage Under Article 351 of the Revised Penal Code (R.A. No. 10655). A
Related Text region
Related text(s)
2016-06-15 (PHL-2016-R-103635)
Department Order No. 156-16 Rules and Regulations governing the Working and Living Conditions of Fishers on board Fishing Vessels engaged in Commercial Fishing Operation.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Act on-line
Publisher
Chan Robles Virtual Law Library
URL
http://www.chanrobles.com/revisedpenalcodeofthephilippines.htm
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs, United Nations.
URL
http://www.un.org/depts/los/index.htm
File
PHL57377.pdf (PDF of Act)
Serial region
Serial title
Printed separately
Page range
84p.