Act No. 3815
(December 8, 1930)
AN ACT REVISING THE PENAL CODE AND OTHER PENAL LAWS
Preliminary Article – This law shall be known as “The Revised Penal Code.”
BOOK ONE
GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING THE DATE OF ENFORCEMENT AND APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CODE, AND REGARDING THE OFFENSES, THE PERSONS LIABLE AND THE PENALTIES
Preliminary Title
DATE OF EFFECTIVENESS AND APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CODE
Article 1. Time when Act takes effect. – This Code shall take effect on the first day of January, nineteen hundred and thirty-two.
Article 2. Application of its provisions. – Except as provided in the treaties and laws of preferential application, the provisions of this Code shall be enforced not only within the Philippine Archipelago, including its atmosphere, its interior waters and maritime zone, but also outside of its jurisdiction, against those who:
1. Should commit an offense while on a Philippine ship or airship
2. Should forge or counterfeit any coin or currency note of the Philippine Islands or obligations and securities issued by the Government of the Philippine Islands;
3. Should be liable for acts connected with the introduction into these islands of the obligations and securities mentioned in the presiding number;
4. While being public officers or employees, should commit an offense in the exercise of their functions; or
5. Should commit any of the crimes against national security and the law of nations, defined in Title One of Book Two of this Code.
Title One: Felonies and Circumstances which Affect Criminal Liability
- Chapter One: Felonies
- Chapter Two: Justifying Circumstances and Circumstances which Exempt from Criminal Liability
- Chapter Three: Circumstance which Mitigate Criminal Liability
- Chapter Four: Circumstance which Aggravate Criminal Liability
- Chapter Five: Alternative Circumstances
Title Two: Persons Criminally Liable for Felonies
- Chapter One: Penalties in general
- Chapter Two: Classification of penalties
- Chapter Three: Duration and effects of penalties
- Chapter Four: Application of Penalties
- Chapter Five: Execution and Service of Penalties
Title Four: Extinction of Criminal Liability
- Chapter One: Total Extinction of Criminal Liability
- Chapter Two: Partial Extinction of Criminal Liability
- Chapter One: Person Civilly Liable for Felonies
- Chapter Two: What Civil Liability Includes
- Chapter Three: Extinction and Survival of Civil Liability