AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE. (Re rape)
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AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE. (Re rape)
Republic Act No. 2632
June 18, 1960
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Summary of Republic Act No. 2632 (Amending Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code on Rape)Circumstances Constituting Rape:
- Using force or intimidation against the woman (Section 1)
- When the woman is deprived of reason or unconscious (Section 1)
- When the woman is under twelve years of age (Section 1)
Penalties:
- Reclusion temporal for rape (Section 1)
- Maximum period of reclusion temporal if rape is committed with a deadly weapon or by two or more persons (Section 1)
- Reclusion perpetua to death if homicide is committed by reason or on the occasion of the rape (Section 1)
- Reclusion perpetua if rape is frustrated or attempted and a homicide is committed by reason or on the occasion thereof (Section 1)
- Reclusion perpetua if the victim becomes insane by reason or on the occasion of the rape (Section 1)
Effectivity:
- This Act shall take effect upon its approval (Section 2)
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AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE. (Re rape)
Republic Act No. 2632
•June 18, 1960
REPUBLIC ACT No. 2632
AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE (Re: rape)
Section 1. Article Three hundred and thirty-five of the Revised Penal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Art. 335. When and how rape is committed Penalties. Rape is committed by having carnal knowledge of a woman under any of the following circumstances:
1. By using force or intimidation;
2. When the woman is deprived of reason or otherwise unconscious; and
3. When the woman is under twelve years of age, even though neither of the circumstances mentioned in the two next preceding paragraph shall be present:
The crime of rape shall be punished by reclusion temporal.
Whenever the crime of rape is committed with the use of a deadly weapon or by two or more persons, the penalty shall be imposed in its maximum period.
When by reason or on the occasion of the rape, a homicide is committed the penalty shall be reclusion perpetua to death.
When rape is frustrated or attempted...
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