R.A. 2632
Year:
1960
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 18, 1960
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This act amends Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code, which defines the circumstances under which rape is committed and specifies the penalties for the crime. It aims to clarify the legal definitions and enhance the penalties associated with the crime of rape.Full Text
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:
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 and a homicide is committed by reason or on the occasion thereof, the penalty shall be reclusion perpetua.
When by reason or on the occasion of the rape, the victim has become insane the penalty shall be likewise reclusion perpetua.
Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 18, 1960
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