Book 1 Crim
Book 1 Crim
Book 1 Crim
Title One
FELONIES AND CIRCUMSTANCES
WHICH AFFECT CRIMINAL LIABILITY
Chapter One
FELONIES
Art. 3. Definitions. Acts and omissions
punishable
by
law
are
felonies
(delitos).chanrobles virtual law library
Felonies are committed not only be means
of deceit (dolo) but also b y means of fault
(culpa).chanrobles virtual law library
There is deceit when the act is performed
with deliberate intent and there is fault
when the wrongful act results from
imprudence, negligence, lack of foresight, or
lack of skill.chanrobles virtual la w library
Chapter Two
JUSTIFYING CIRCUMSTANCES
AND CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH EXEMPT FROM
CRIMINAL LIABILITY
Art. 11. Justifying circumstances. The
following do not incur any criminal liability:
of
Chapter Three
CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH MITIGATE CRIMINAL
LIABILITY
Art. 13. Mitigating circumstances. The
following are mitigating circumstances;
1. Those mentioned in the preceding
chapter, when all the requisites necessary to
justify or to exempt from criminal liability in
the
respective
cases
are
not
attendant.chanrobles virtual law library
2. That the offender is under eighteen year
of age or over seventy years. In the case of
the minor, he shall be proceeded against in
accordance with the provisions of Art.
80.chanrobles virtual law library
3. That the offender had no intention to
commit so grave a wrong as that
committed.chanrobles virtual law library
4. That sufficient provocation or threat on
the part of the offended party immediately
preceded the act.chanrobles virtual law
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5. That the act was committed in the
immediate vindication of a grave offense to
the one committing the felony (delito), his
spouse, ascendants, or relatives by affinity
within the same degrees.chanrobles virtual
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6. That of having acted upon an impulse so
powerful as naturally to have produced
passion or obfuscation.chanrobles virtual
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7. That the offender had voluntarily
surrendered himself to a person in authority
or his agents, or that he had voluntarily
confessed his guilt before the court prior to
the presentation of the evidence for the
prosecution;
Chapter Four
CIRCUMSTANCE WHICH
AGGRAVATE CRIMINAL LIABILITY
Art. 14. Aggravating circumstances. The
following are aggravating circumstances:
1. That advantage be taken by the offender
of his public position.chanrobles virtua l law
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2. That the crime be committed in contempt
or
with
insult
to
the
public
authorities.chanrobles virtual law library
3. That the act be committed with insult or
in disregard of the respect due the offended
party on account of his rank, age, or sex, or
that is be committed in the dwelling of the
offended party, if the latter has not given
provocation.chanrobles virtual law library
4. That the act be committed with abuse of
confidence
or
obvious
ungratefulness.chanrobles virtual law library
in
or
Chapter Five
ALTERNATIVE CIRCUMSTANCES
Art.
15. Their
concept.
Alternative
circumstances are those which must be
taken into consideration as aggravating or
mitigating according to the nature and
effects of the crime and the other conditions
attending its commission. They are the
relationship, intoxication and the degree of
instruction
and
education
of
the
offender.chanrobles virtual law library
Title Two
PERSONS CRIMINALLY LIABLE FOR FELONIES
Art. 16. Who are criminally liable. The
following are criminally liable for grave and
less grave felonies:
1. Principals.chanrobles virtual law library
2. Accomplices.chanrobles virtual law library
3. Accessories.chanrobles virtual law library
The following are criminally liable for light
felonies:
1. Principals
2. Accomplices.chanrobles virtual law library
Art. 17. Principals.
considered principals:
The
following
are
Title Three
PENALTIES
Chapter One
PENALTIES IN GENERAL
Art. 21. Penalties that may be imposed.
No felony shall be punishable by any penalty
not prescribed by law prior to its
commission.chanrobles virtual law library
Art. 22. Retroactive effect of penal laws.
Penal Laws shall have a retroactive effect
insofar as they favor the persons guilty of a
felony, who is not a habitual criminal, as this
term is defined in Rule 5 of Article 62 of this
Code, although at the time of the
publication of such laws a final sentence has
been pronounced and the convict is serving
the same.chanrobles virtual law library
Art. 23. Effect of pardon by the offended
party. A pardon of the offended party
does not extinguish criminal action e xcept as
provided in Article 344 of this Code; but civil
liability with regard to the interest of the
injured party is extinguished by his express
waiver.chanrobles virtual law library
Art. 24. Measures of prevention or safety
which are nor considered pena lties. The
following shall not be considered as
penalties:
1. The arrest and temporary detention of
accused persons, as well as their detention
by reason of insanity or imbecility, or illness
requiring
their
confinement
in
a
hospital.chanrobles virtual l aw library
2. The commitment of a minor to any of the
institutions mentioned in Article 80 and for
the purposes specified therein.chanrobles
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3. Suspension from the employment of
public office during the trial or in order to
institute proceedings.chanrobles virtual law
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Chapter Two
CLASSIFICATION OF PENALTIES
Art. 25. Penalties which may be imposed.
The penalties which may be imposed
according to this Code, and their d ifferent
classes, are those included in the following:
Scale
Principal Penalties
Capital punishment:
Death.
Afflictive penalties:
Reclusion perpetua,
Reclusion temporal,
Perpetual or temporary absolute disqualification,
Perpetual or temporary special disqualification,
Prision mayor.
Correctional penalties:
Prision correccional,
Arresto mayor,
Suspension,
Destierro.
Light penalties:
Arresto menor,
Public censure.
Penalties common to the three preceding classes:
Fine, and
Bond to keep the peace.
Accessory Penalties
Perpetual or temporary absolute disqualification,
Perpetual or temporary special disqualification,
Suspension from public office, the right to vote and
be voted for, the profession or calling.
Civil interdiction,
Indemnification,
Forfeiture or confiscation of instruments and
proceeds of the offense,
Payment of costs.
Chapter Three
DURATION AND EFFECTS OF PENALTIES
Section One. Duration of Penalties
Art. 27. Reclusion perpetua. Any person
sentenced to any of the perpetual penalties
shall be pardoned after undergoing the
penalty for thirty years, unless such person
by reason of his conduct or some other
serious cause shall be considered by the
Chief
Executive
as
unworthy
of
pardon.chanrobles virtual law libra ry
Reclusion temporal. The penalty of
reclusion temporal shall be from twelve
years
and
one
day
to
twenty
years.chanrobles virtual law library
Prision
mayor
and
temporary
disqualification. The duration of the
penalties of prision mayor and temporary
disqualification shall be from six years and
one day to twelve years, except when the
penalty of disqualification is imposed as an
accessory penalty, in which case its duration
shall
be
that
of
the
principal
penalty.chanrobles virtual law library
Prision
correccional,
suspension,
and
destierro. The duration of the penalties of
prision
correccional,
suspension
and
destierro shall be from six months and one
day to six years, except when suspension is
imposed as an accessory penalty, in which
case, its duration shall be that of the
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of
the
the
the
1.
The
reparation
of
the
damage
caused.chanrobles virtual law library
2.
Indemnification
of
consequential
damages.chanrobles virtual law library
3. The fine.chanrobles virtual law library
4. The cost of the proceedings.chanrobles
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Art. 39. Subsidiary penalty. If the convict
has no property with which to meet the fine
mentioned in the paragraph 3 of the nest
preceding article, he shall be subject to a
subsidiary personal liability at the rate of
one day for each eight pesos, subject to the
following rules:
1. If the principal penalty imposed be prision
correccional or arresto and fine, he shall
remain under confinement until his fine
referred to in the preceding paragraph is
satisfied, but his subsidiary imprisonment
shall not exceed one -third of the term of the
sentence, and in no case shall it continue for
more than one year, and no fraction or part
of a day shall be counted against the
prisoner.chanrobles virtual law library
2. When the principal penalty imposed be
only a fine, the subsidiary imprisonment
shall not exceed six months, if the culprit
shall have been prosecuted for a grave or
less grave felony, and shall not exceed
fifteen days, if for a light felony.chanrobles
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3. When the principal imposed is higher th an
prision
correccional,
no
subsidiary
imprisonment shall be imposed upon the
culprit.chanrobles virtual law library
Chapter Four
APPLICATION OF PENALTIES
Section One. Rules for the application of
penalties to the persons criminally liable
and
for
the
graduation
of
the
same.chanrobles virtual law library
Penalty
Penalty to be Penalty to be Penalty to be Penalty to b e
Prescribe imposed upon imposed upon imposed upon imposed
for
the the principal in the principal in the accessory upon
the
a
frustrated an attempted in a frustrated accessory in
crime
crime,
and crime,
the crime, and the an
accomplice in a accessory
in accomplices in attempted
consummated the
an attempted crime
consummated
crime
crime
crime and the
accomplices in
a
frustrated
crime.
Reclusion
Perpetua
Reclusion
Temporal
Prision Mayor
Prision
Correccional
First Case
Death
Second Case
Reclusion Reclusion
Perpetuato Temporal
Death
Third Case
Reclusion Prision
Prision
Arresto
Fine
Temporalin Mayor in
its correccional in Mayorin it s andArresto
its
maximum
its
maximum maximum
Mayor in its
maximum period
period
period
minimum
period
to toreclusion
toprision
toprision
and medium
temporal in its mayor in
its correccionalin periods
death
medium
medium period medium period its
period
Fourth Case
Prision
Prision
Arresto
Fine
Fine.
Mayor in its correccional in mayorin
its andArresto
maximum its
maximum maximum
Mayorin
its
period
period
period
minimum and
toreclusion toprision
toprision
medium
temporal in mayor in
its correccional in periods
its medium medium period. its
medium
period.
period.
Arresto
Mayor
Section Two. Rules for the application of penalties with regard to the mitigating and
aggravating circumstances, and habitual delinquency.chanrobles virtual law library
Art. 62. Effect of the attendance of mitigating or aggravating circumstances and of habitual
delinquency. Mitigating or aggravating circumstances and habitual delinquency shall be taken
into account for the purpose of diminishing or increasing the penalty in conformity with the
following rules:
1. Aggravating circumstances which in them selves constitute a crime specially punishable by law
or which are included by the law in defining a crime and prescribing the penalty therefor shall
not be taken into account for the purpose of increasing the penalty.chanrobles virtual law library
2. The same rule shall apply with respect to any aggravating circumstance inherent in the crime
to such a degree that it must of necessity accompany the commission thereof.chanrobles virtual
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3. Aggravating or mitigating circumstances which arise from the moral attributes of the offender,
or from his private relations with the offended party, or from any other personal cause, shall
only serve to aggravate or mitigate the liability of the principals, accomplices and accessories as
to whom such circumstan ces are attendant.chanrobles virtual law library
4. The circumstances which consist in the material execution of the act, or in the means
employed to accomplish it, shall serve to aggravate or mitigate the liability of those persons only
who had knowledge of them at the time of the execution of the act or their cooperation
therein.chanrobles virtual law library
5.
Habitual
delinquency
shall
have
the
following
effects:
(a) Upon a third conviction the culprit shall be sentenced to the penalty provided by l aw for the
last crime of which he be found guilty and to the additional penalty of prision correccional in its
medium and maximum periods;
(b) Upon a fourth conviction, the culprit shall be sentenced to the penalty provided for the last
crime of which he be found guilty and to the additional penalty of prision mayor in its minimum
and medium periods; and
(c) Upon a fifth or additional convictio n, the culprit shall be sentenced to the penalty provided
for the last crime of which he be found guilty and to the additional penalty of prision mayor in
its maximum period to reclusion temporal in its minimum period.chanrobles virtual law library
Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, the total of the two penalties to be imposed upon
the offender, in conformity herewith, shall in no case exceed 30 years.chanrobles virtual law
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For the purpose of this article, a person shall be deemed to be habitual delinquent, is within a
period of ten years from the date of his release or last conviction of the crimes of serious or less
serious physical injuries, robo, hurto, estafa or falsification, he is found guilty of any of said
crimes a third time or oftener.chanrobles virtual law library
Art. 63. Rules for the application of indivisible penalties. In all cases in which the law
prescribes a single indivisible penalty, it shall be applied by the courts regardless of any
mitigating or aggravating circ umstances that may have attended the commission of the
deed.chanrobles virtual law library
In all cases in which the law prescribes a penalty composed of two indivisible penalties, the
following rules shall be observed in the application thereof:
1. When in the commission of the deed there is present only one aggravating circumstance, the
greater penalty shall be applied.chanrobles virtual law library
2. When there are neither mitigating nor aggravating circumstances and there is no aggravating
circumstance, the lesser penalty shall be applied.chanrobles virtual law library
3. When the commission of the act is attended by some mitigating circumstances and there is no
aggravating circumstance, the lesser penalty shall be applied.chanrobles virtual law library
4. When both mitigating and aggravating circumstances attended the commission of the act, the
court shall reasonably allow them to offset one another in consideration of their number and
importance, for the purpose of applying the penalty in accordance wi th the preceding rules,
according to the result of such compensation.chanrobles virtual law library
Art. 64. Rules for the application of penalties which contain three periods. In cases in which
the penalties prescribed by law contain three periods, w hether it be a single divisible penalty or
composed of three different penalties, each one of which forms a period in accordance with the
provisions of Articles 76 and 77, the court shall observe for the application of the penalty the
following rules, acco rding to whether there are or are not mitigating or aggravating
circumstances:
1. When there are neither aggravating nor mitigating circumstances, they shall impose the
penalty prescribed by law in its medium period.chanrobles virtual law library
2. When only a mitigating circumstances is present in the commission of the act, they shall
impose the penalty in its minimum period.chanrobles virtual law library
3. When an aggravating circumstance is present in the commission of the act, they shall impose
the penalty in its maximum period.chanrobles virtual law library
4. When both mitigating and aggravating circumstances are present, the court shall reasonably
offset those of one class against the other according to their relative weight.chanrobles virtual
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5. When there are two or more mitigating circumstances and no aggravating circumstances are
present, the court shall impose the penalty next lower to that prescribed by law, in the period
that it may deem applicable, according to the number and natu re of such
circumstances.chanrobles virtual law library
6. Whatever may be the number and nature of the aggravating circumstances, the courts shall
not impose a greater penalty than that prescribed by law, in its maximum period.chanrobles
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7. Within the limits of each period, the court shall determine the extent of the penalty according
to the number and nature of the aggravating and mitigating circumstances and the greater and
lesser extent of the evil produced by the crime.chanrobles vi rtual law library
Art. 65. Rule in cases in which the penalty is not composed of three periods. In cases in which
the penalty prescribed by law is not composed of three periods, the courts shall apply the rules
contained in the foregoing articles, dividin g into three equal portions of time included in the
penalty prescribed, and forming one period of each of the three portions.chanrobles virtual law
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Art. 66. Imposition of fines. In imposing fines the courts may fix any amount within the limits
established by law; in fixing the amount in each case attention shall be given, not only to the
mitigating and aggravating circumstances, but more particularl y to the wealth or means of the
culprit.chanrobles virtual law library
Art. 67. Penalty to be imposed when not all the requisites of exemption of the fourth
circumstance of Article 12 are present. When all the conditions required in circumstances
Number 4 of Article 12 of this Code to exempt from criminal liability are not present, the penalty
of arresto mayor in its maximum period to prision correccional in its minimum period shall be
imposed upon the culprit if he shall have been guilty of a grave felony , and arresto mayor in its
minimum and medium periods, if of a less grave felony.chanrobles virtual law library chan robles
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Art. 68. Penalty to be imposed upon a person under eighteen years of age. When the offender
is a minor under eighteen years and his case is one coming under the provisions of the
paragraphs next to the last of Article 80 of this Code, the following rules shall be observed:
1. Upon a person under fifteen but over nine years of age, who is not exempted from liability by
reason of the court having declared that he acted with discernment, a discretionary penalty shall
be imposed, but always lower by two degrees at least than tha t prescribed by law for the crime
which he committed.chanrobles virtual law library
2. Upon a person over fifteen and under eighteen years of age the penalty next lower than that
prescribed by law shall be imposed, but always in the proper period.chanroble s virtual law
library
Art. 69. Penalty to be imposed when the crime committed is not wholly excusable. A penalty
lower by one or two degrees than that prescribed by law shall be imposed if the deed is not
wholly excusable by reason of the lack of some of the conditions required to justify the same or
to exempt from criminal liability in the several cases mentioned in Article 11 and 12, provided
that the majority of such conditions be present. The courts shall impose the penalty in the period
which may be deemed proper, in view of the number and nature of the conditions of exemption
present or lacking.chanrobles virtual law library
Art. 70. Successive service of sentence. When the culprit has to serve two or more penalties,
he shall serve them simultaneou sly if the nature of the penalties will so permit otherwise, the
following rules shall be observed:
In the imposition of the penalties, the order of their respective severity shall be followed so that
they may be executed successively or as nearly as may b e possible, should a pardon have been
granted as to the penalty or penalties first imposed, or should they have been served
out.chanrobles virtual law library
For the purpose of applying the provisions of the next preceding paragraph the respective
severity of the penalties shall be determined in accordance with the following scale:
1. Death,
2. Reclusion perpetua,
3. Reclusion temporal,
4. Prision mayor,
5. Prision correccional, chan robles virtual law library
6. Arresto mayor,
7. Arresto menor,
8. Destierro,
9. Perpetual absolute disqualification,
10 Temporal absolute disqualification.chanrobles virtual law library
11. Suspension from public office, the right to vote and be voted for, the right to follow a
profession or calling, and
12. Public censure.chan robles virtual law library
Notwithstanding the provisions of the rule next preceding, the maximum duration of the
convict's sentence shall not be more than three -fold the length of time corresponding to the
most severe of the penalties imposed upon him. No other penalty to which he may be liable shall
be inflicted after the sum total of those imposed equals the same maximum period.chanrobles
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Such maximum period shall in no case exceed forty years.chanrobles virtual law library
In applying the provisions of this rule the duration of perpetual penalties (pena perpetua) shall
be computed at thirty years. (As amended).chanrobles virtual law library
Art. 71. Graduated scales. In the case in which the law prescribed a penalty lower or higher by
one or more degrees than another given penalty, the rules prescribed in Article 61 shall be
observed in graduating such penalty.chanrobles virtual law library
The lower or higher penalty shall be taken from the graduated scale in which is comprised the
given penalty.chanrobles virtual law library
The courts, in applying such lower or higher penalty, shall observe the following graduated
scales:
SCALE NO. 1
1. Death,
2. Reclusion perpetua,
3. Reclusion temporal,
4. Prision mayor,
5. Prision correccional,
6. Arresto mayor,
7. Destierro,
8. Arresto menor,
9. Public censure,
10. Fine.chanrobles virtual law library
SCALE NO. 2
1. Perpetual absolute disqualification,
2. Temporal absolute disqualification
3. Suspension from public office, the right to vote and be
voted for, the right to follow a profession or calling,
4. Public censure,
5. Fine.chanrobles virtual law library
Art. 72. Preference in the payment of the civil liabilities. The civil liabilities of a person found
guilty of two or more offenses shall be satisfied by following the chronological order of the dates
of the judgments rendered against him, beginning with the first in order of time.chanrobles
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TABLE SHOWING THE DURATION OF DIVISIBLE PENALTIES AND THE TIME INCLUDED IN EACH OF
THEIR PERIODS
Penalties
Time
Time included Time included Time included in its maximum
included
in in its minimum in its medium
the
penalty period
period
in its entirety
Reclusion temporal
From
12 From 12 years From 14 years, From 17 years, 4 months and 1
years and 1 and 1 day to 8 months and day to 20 years.
day to 20 14 years and 8 1 day to 17
years and 4
years.
months.
months.
Prision
mayor,absolute From 6 years From 6 years From 8 years From 10 years and 1 day to 12
disqualification and special and 1 day to and 1 day to 8 and 1 day to years.
temporary disqualification 12 years.
years.
10 years.
Prision
correccional,suspension
anddestierro
From
6 From 6 months From 2 years, From 4 years, 2 months and 1
months and 1 and 1 day to 2 4 months and day to 6 years.
day
to
6 years and 4 1 day to 4
years and 2
years.
months.
months.
Arresto mayor
From
1 From 1 to 2 From 2 months From 4 months and 1 day to 6
month and 1 months.
and 1 day to 4 months.
day
to
months.
months.
Arresto menor
Chapter Five
EXECUTION AND SERVICE OF PENALTIES
Section One. General Provisions
Art. 78. When and how a penalty is to be
executed. No penalty shall be executed
except
by
virtue
of
a
final
judgment.chanrobles virtual law lib rary
A penalty shall not be executed in any other
form than that prescribed by law, nor with
any other circumstances or incidents than
those
expressly
authorized
thereby.chanrobles virtual law library
In addition to the provisions of the law, the
special regulations prescribed for the
government of the institutions in which the
penalties are to be suffered shall be
observed with regard to the character of the
work to be performed, the time of its
performance, and other incidents connected
therewith, the relations of the convicts
among themselves and other persons, the
relief which they may receive, and their
diet.chanrobles virtual law library
Art.
86. Reclusion
perpetua,
reclusion
temporal,
prision
mayor,
prision
correccional and arresto mayor. The
penalties of reclusion perpetua, reclusion
temporal,
prision
mayor,
prision
correccional and arresto mayor, shall be
executed and served in the places and penal
establishments
provided
by
the
Administrative Code in force or which may
be provided by law in the future.chanrobles
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Title Four
EXTINCTION OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY
Chapter One
TOTAL EXTINCTION OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY
Art. 89. How criminal liability is totally
extinguished. Criminal liability is totally
extinguished:
1. By the death of the convict, as to the
personal penalties and as to pecuniary
penalties, liability therefor is extinguished
only when the death of the offender occurs
before final judgment.chanrobles virtual law
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3.
By
amnesty,
which
completely
extinguishes the penalty and all its effects;
4. By absolute pardon;
5. By prescription of the crime;
6. By prescription of the penal ty;
7. By the marriage of the offended woman,
as provided in Article 344 of this
Code.chanrobles virtual law library
Chapter Two
PARTIAL EXTINCTION OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY
Art. 94. Partial Extinction of criminal
liability. Criminal liability is extinguished
partially:
1. By condition al pardon;
2. By commutation of the sentence; and
3. For good conduct allowances which the
culprit may earn while he is serving his
sentence.chanrobles virtual law library
Title Five
CIVIL LIABILITY
Chapter One
PERSON CIVILLY LIABLE FOR FELONIES
Art. 100. Civil liability of a person guilty of
felony. Every person criminally liable for a
felony is also civilly liable.chanrobles virt ual
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Art. 101. Rules regarding civil liability in
certain cases. The exemption from
criminal liability established in subdivisions
1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 of Article 12 and in
subdivision 4 of Article 11 of this Code does
not include exemption from c ivil liability,
which shall be enforced subject to the
following rules:
First. In cases of subdivisions 1, 2, and 3 of
Article 12, the civil liability for acts
committed by an imbecile or insane person,
and by a person under nine years of age, or
by one over nine but under fifteen years of
age, who has acted without discernment,
shall devolve upon those having such person
under their legal authority or control, unless
it appears that there was no fault or
negligence on their part.chanrobles virtual
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Chapter Two
WHAT CIVIL LIABILITY INCLUDES
Art. 104. What is included in civil liability.
The civil liability established in Articles 100,
101, 102, and 103 of this Code includes:
1. Restitution;
2. Reparation of the damage caused;
3.
Indemnification
for
consequential
damages.chanrobles virtual law library
Art. 105. Restitution; How made. The
restitution of the thing itself must be made
whenever possible, with allowance for any
deterioration, or diminution of val ue as
determined by the court.chanrobles virtual
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The thing itself shall be restored, even
though it be found in the possession of a
third person who has acquired it by lawful
means, saving to the latter his action against
the proper person, who may be liable to
him.chanrobles virtual law library
This provision is not applicable in cases in
which the thing has been acquired by the
third person in the manner and under the
requirements which, by law, bar an action
for its recovery.chanrobles virtua l law
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Art. 106. Reparation; How made. The
court shall determine the amount of
damage, taking into consideration the price
of the thing, whenever possible, and its
special sentimental value to the injured
party, and reparation shall be made
accordingly.chanrobles
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Art.
107. Indemnification;
What
is
included.
Indemnification
for
consequential damages shall include not
only those caused the injured party, but also
Chapter Three
EXTINCTION AND SURVIVAL OF CIVIL LIABILITY
Art. 112. Extinction of civil liability. Civil
liability established i n Articles 100, 101,
102, and 103 of this Code shall be
extinguished in the same manner as
obligations,
in
accordance
with
the
provisions of the Civil Law.
Art. 113. Obligation to sati sfy civil liability.
Except in case of extinction of his civil
liability as provided in the next preceding
article the offender shall continue to be
obliged to satisfy the civil liability resulting
from the crime committed by him,
notwithstanding the fact that he has served
his sentence consisting of deprivation of
liberty or other rights, or has not been
required to serve the same by reason of
amnesty, pardon, commutation of sentence
or any other reason.chanrobles virtual law
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