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Approved June 20, 1964

Republic Act No. 4111

Republic act no. 4111

REPUBLIC ACT No. 4111

In plain language

Amendment to Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code to clarify circumstances of rape and specify penalties.

  • Clarifies circumstances under which rape is committed
  • Specifies penalties for rape, including reclusion perpetua and death in certain cases
  • Defines penalties when rape involves deadly weapon, multiple persons, insanity, or homicide
Revised Penal Code
Rape
Penalties
Reclusion Perpetua
Death Penalty

REPUBLIC ACT No. 4111

AN ACT TO AMEND FURTHER 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 further 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:

1. By using force or intimidation; 2. When the woman is deprived of reason or otherwise unconscious; and 3. When the woman is under twelve years of age, even though neither of the circumstances mentioned in the two next preceding paragraphs shall be present: The crime of rape shall be punished by reclusion perpetua. Whenever the crime of rape is committed with the use of a deadly weapon or by two or more persons, the penalty shall be reclusion perpetua to death. When by reason or on the occasion of the rape, the victim has become insane the penalty shall be death. When the rape is attempted or frustrated and a homicide is committed by reason or on the occasion thereof, the penalty shall be likewise death. When by reason or on the occasion of the rape, a homicide is committed, the penalty shall be death. Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 20, 1964

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