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Jose Benedicto Luis Luna Reyes (August 19, 1902 – December 27, 1994) was a Filipino jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from 1954 to 1972. After his retirement, Reyes became the first president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP).
Act No. 3815, the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines (1930). The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines. Luis B. Reyes, The Revised Penal Code: Criminal Law 20 (1998, 14th ed.). Antonio L. Gregorio, Fundamentals of Criminal Law Review 50-51 (1997).
[1] [2] One distinct aspect of the Revised Penal Code centers on its classification of aggravating, exempting and mitigating circumstances, the appreciation of which affects the gradation of penalties. Penalties under the Revised Penal Code are generally divided into three periods – the minimum period, the medium period, and the maximum period.
Revised Penal Code Hernandez , 99 Phil. Rep 515 (1956) , was a case decided by the Philippine Supreme Court which held that the crime of rebellion under the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines is charged as a single offense, and that it cannot be made into a complex crime. [ 1 ]
The Civil Code governs private law in the Philippines, including obligations and contracts, succession, torts and damages, property. It was enacted in 1950. Book I of the Civil Code, which governed marriage and family law, was supplanted by the Family Code in 1987. [2] Republic Act No. 6657: Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Code
Chapter three Section one of the Revised Penal Code civers Duration of Penalties, and can be seen here. It gives durations as follows: Reslusion Perpetua: 30 years. However this was amended to 40 years by RA7659. Reclusion Temporal: 12 years and one day to 20 years. Prision mayor: Six years and one day to 12 years.
Amending the Revised Penal Code or Act 3815: Decriminalizing Vagrancy 2012-04-10: 10159: Amending the Revised Penal Code or Act 3815 2012-04-10: 10160: Converting a Municipality into a Component City 2012-04-10: 10161: Converting a Municipality into a Component City 2012-04-17: 10162: Creating additional Branches of the Regional Trial Court ...
A criminal code or penal code is a document that compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law.Typically a criminal code will contain offences that are recognised in the jurisdiction, penalties that might be imposed for these offences, and some general provisions (such as definitions and prohibitions on retroactive prosecution).