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7/10/2021 Act No.
3815
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.
Article 46. Penalty to be imposed upon principals in general. - The penalty prescribed by law for the commission of
a felony shall be imposed upon the principals in the commission of such felony.
Whenever the law prescribes a penalty for a felony is general terms, it shall be understood as applicable to the
consummated felony.
Article 47. In what cases the death penalty shall not be imposed. - The death penalty shall be imposed in all cases
in which it must be imposed under existing laws, except in the following cases:
1. When the guilty person be more than seventy years of age.
2. When upon appeal or revision of the case by the Supreme court, all the members thereof are not
unanimous in their voting as to the propriety of the imposition of the death penalty. For the imposition of said
penalty or for the confirmation of a judgment of the inferior court imposing the death sentence, the Supreme
Court shall render its decision per curiam, which shall be signed by all justices of said court, unless some
member or members thereof shall have been disqualified from taking part in the consideration of the case, in
which even the unanimous vote and signature of only the remaining justices shall be required.
Article 48. Penalty for complex crimes. - When a single act constitutes two or more grave or less grave felonies, or
when an offense is a necessary means for committing the other, the penalty for the most serious crime shall be
imposed, the same to be applied in its maximum period.
Article 49. Penalty to be imposed upon the principals when the crime committed is different from that intended. - In
cases in which the felony committed is different from that which the offender intended to commit, the following rules
shall be observed:
1. If the penalty prescribed for the felony committed be higher than that corresponding to the offense which
the accused intended to commit, the penalty corresponding to the latter shall be imposed in its maximum
period.
2. If the penalty prescribed for the felony committed be lower than that corresponding to the one which the
accused intended to commit, the penalty for the former shall be imposed in its maximum period.
3. The rule established by the next preceding paragraph shall not be applicable if the acts committed by the
guilty person shall also constitute an attempt or frustration of another crime, if the law prescribes a higher
penalty for either of the latter offenses, in which case the penalty provided for the attempted or the frustrated
crime shall be imposed in its maximum period.
Article 50. Penalty to be imposed upon principals of a frustrated crime. - The penalty next lower in degree than that
prescribed by law for the consummated felony shall be imposed upon the principal in a frustrated felony.
Article 51. Penalty to be imposed upon principals of attempted crimes. - A penalty lower by two degrees than that
prescribed by law for the consummated felony shall be imposed upon the principals in an attempt to commit a
felony.
Article 52. Penalty to be imposed upon accomplices in consummated crime. - The penalty next lower in degree
than that prescribed by law for the consummated shall be imposed upon the accomplices in the commission of a
consummated felony.
Article 53. Penalty to be imposed upon accessories to the commission of a consummated felony. - The penalty
lower by two degrees than that prescribed by law for the consummated felony shall be imposed upon the
accessories to the commission of a consummated felony.
Article 54. Penalty to imposed upon accomplices in a frustrated crime. - The penalty next lower in degree than
prescribed by law for the frustrated felony shall be imposed upon the accomplices in the commission of a frustrated
felony.
Article 55. Penalty to be imposed upon accessories of a frustrated crime. - The penalty lower by two degrees than
that prescribed by law for the frustrated felony shall be imposed upon the accessories to the commission of a
frustrated felony.
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