Amending Article Three Hundred And Twenty Of The Revised Penal Code Provisions On Arson
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Amending Article Three Hundred And Twenty Of The Revised Penal Code Provisions On Arson
Presidential Decree No. 1744
November 11, 1980
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Summary of Presidential Decree No. 1744 Amending Article 320 of the Revised Penal Code on ArsonImposition of Death Penalty for Arson
• The penalty of reclusion temporal in its maximum period to death shall be imposed for arson under the following circumstances: (Section 1)
- Burning one or more buildings/edifices in a single act, simultaneous burnings, or on different occasions.
- Burning any public or private building where people gather, such as for official functions, business, commerce, trade, worship, meetings, hotels, motels, public transportation terminals, etc., regardless of knowledge of people inside or whether inhabited. (Section 1.2)
- Burning any train, ship, airship, or airplane used for transportation, public use, entertainment, or leisure. (Section 1.3)
- Burning any building, factory, warehouse, or installation devoted to public utilities. (Section 1.4)
- Burning a building to conceal evidence of another violation, bankruptcy, or insurance fraud. (Section 1.5)
• The death penalty shall be imposed when the arson is committed by two or more persons or a group, regardless of their purpose. (Section 1)
• The penalty of reclusion temporal in its maximum period to death shall also be imposed for burning: (Section 1)
- Any arsenal, shipyard, storehouse, military powder or fireworks factory, ordinance storehouse, archives, or government museum. (Section 1.a)
- In an inhabited place, any storehouse or factory of inflammable or explosive materials. (Section 1.b)
• If death, injury, or destruction of valuable documents, equipment, machineries, apparatus, or other valuable properties results from the arson, the mandatory death penalty shall be imposed. (Section 1)
Repeal of Inconsistent Provisions (Section 2)
Immediate Effectivity (Section 3)
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Amending Article Three Hundred And Twenty Of The Revised Penal Code Provisions On Arson
Presidential Decree No. 1744
•November 11, 1980
MALACAÑANGM a n i l a
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 1744
AMENDING ARTICLE THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE PROVISIONS ON ARSON
WHEREAS, there have been rampant and wanton burnings of residential houses, public buildings, markets, hotels, and other commercial establishments;
WHEREAS, to effectively discourage and deter the commission of arson, and to prevent destruction of properties and protect the lives of innocent people, it is necessary that the capital punishment be imposed upon arsonists;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree that Article 320, Revised Penal Code be amended:
Section 1. Article 320 of the Revised Penal Code shall read as follows:
"Article 320 Destructive Arson. The penalty of reclusion temporal in its maximum period to death shall be imposed upon any person who shall burn:
1. One (1) or more buildings or edifices, consequent to one single act of burning, or as result of simultaneous burnings, or committed on several or different...
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Tags
Executive Issuances
Presidential Decrees
arson
destructive arson
reclusion temporal
death penalty
buildings
edifices
public buildings
private buildings
trains
locomotives
ships
vessels
airships
airplanes
public utilities
concealing evidence
bankruptcy
insurance fraud
group arson
arsenals
shipyards
storehouses
military powder factories
fireworks factories
ordinance storehouses
archives
museums
inhabited places
inflammable materials
explosive materials
valuable documents
equipment
machineries
apparatus
valuable properties
MALACAÑANGM a n i l a
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 1744
AMENDING ARTICLE THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE PROVISIONS ON ARSON
WHEREAS, there have been rampant and wanton burnings of residential houses, public buildings, markets, hotels, and other commercial establishments;
WHEREAS, to effectively discourage and deter the commission of arson, and to prevent destruction of properties and protect the lives of innocent people, it is necessary that the capital punishment be imposed upon arsonists;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree that Article 320, Revised Penal Code be amended:
Section 1. Article 320 of the Revised Penal Code shall read as follows:
"Article 320 Destructive Arson. The penalty of reclusion temporal in its maximum period to death shall be imposed upon any person who shall burn:
1. One (1) or more buildings or edifices, consequent to one single act of burning, or as result of simultaneous burnings, or committed on several or different...
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