Article 35Act No. 3815, Sec./Art. 35

Effects of bond to keep the peace.-It shall be the duty of any person sentenced to give bond to keep the peace, to present two sufficient sureties who shall undertake that such person will not commit the offense sought to be prevented, and that in case such offense be committed they will pay the amount determined by the court in its judgment, or otherwise to deposit such amount in the office of the clerk of the court to guarantee said undertaking.

The court shall determine, according to its discretion, the period of duration of the bond.

Should the person sentenced fail to give the bond as required he shall be detained for a period which shall in no case exceed six months, if he shall have been prosecuted for a grave or less grave felony, and shall not exceed thirty days, if for a light felony.

REVISED PENAL CODE TEXT AND SPECIAL PENAL LAWS

shall abandon a child under seven years of age, the

custody of which is incumbent upon him.

When the death of the minor shall result from such

abandonment, the culprit shall be punished by prision

correccional in its medium and maximum periods; but if

the life of the minor shall have been in danger only, the

penalty shall be prision correccional in its minimum and

medium periods.

The

provisions

contained

in

the

two

preceding

paragraphs

shall

not

prevent the imposition of the

penalty provided for the act committed, when the same

shall constitute a more serious offense.

Article 277. Abandonment of minor by person entrusted

with his custody; indifference of parents. - The penalty of

arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding One hundred

thousand

pesos

(P100,000)

shall

be

imposed

upon

anyone who, having charge of the rearing or education of

a minor, shall deliver said minor to a public institution or

other persons, without the consent of the one who

entrusted such child to his care or in the absence of the

latter, without the consent of the proper authorities.

The same penalty shall be imposed upon the parents

who shall neglect their children by not giving them the

education which their station in life require and financial

conditions permit.

Article 278. Exploitation of minors. - The penalty of

prision correccional in its minimum and medium periods

and a fine not exceeding One hundred thousand pesos

(P100,000) shall be imposed upon:

1. Any person who shall cause any boy or girl under

sixteen years of age to perform any dangerous feat of

balancing, physical strength, or contortion.

2.

Any

person

who,

being

an

acrobat,

gymnast,

rope-walker, diver, wild-animal tamer or circus manager

or engaged in a similar calling, shall employ in exhibitions

of these kinds children under sixteen years of age who are

not his children or descendants.

3. Any person engaged in any of the callings enumerated

in the next paragraph preceding who shall employ any

descendant of his under twelve years of age in such

dangerous exhibitions.

4. Any ascendant, guardian, teacher or person entrusted

in any capacity with the care of a child under sixteen

years of age, who shall deliver such child gratuitously to

any person following any of the callings enumerated in

paragraph 2 hereof, or to any habitual vagrant or beggar.

If the delivery shall have been made in consideration of

any price, compensation, or promise, the penalty shall in

every case be imposed in its maximum period.

In either case, the guardian or curator convicted shall also

be removed from office as guardian or curator; and in the

case of the parents of the child, they may be deprived,

temporarily or perpetually, in the discretion of the court,

of their parental authority.

5. Any person who shall induce any child under sixteen

years of age to abandon the home of its ascendants,

guardians, curators, or teachers to follow any person

engaged in any of the callings mentioned in paragraph 2

hereof, or to accompany any habitual vagrant or beggar.

Article 279. Additional penalties for other offenses. - The

imposition of the penalties prescribed in the preceding

articles, shall not prevent the imposition upon the same

person of the penalty provided for any other felonies

defined and punished by this Code.

Section Two. - Trespass to dwelling

Article 280. Qualified trespass to dwelling. - Any private

person who shall enter the dwelling of another against

the latter's will shall be punished by arresto mayor and a

fine

not

exceeding

Two

hundred

thousand

pesos

(P200,000) .

If the offense be committed by means of violence or

intimidation, the penalty shall be prision correccional in

its

medium

and maximum periods and a fine not

exceeding Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000).

The provisions of this article shall not be applicable to any

person who shall enter another's dwelling for the purpose

of

preventing

some

serious

harm

to

himself,

the

occupants of the dwelling or a third person, nor shall it be

applicable to any person who shall enter a dwelling for

the purpose of rendering some service to humanity or

justice, nor to anyone who shall enter cafes, taverns, inn

and other public houses, while the same are open.

Article 281. Other forms of trespass. - The penalty of

arresto menor or a fine not exceeding Forty thousand

pesos (P40,000), or both, shall be imposed upon any

person who shall enter the closed premises or the fenced

estate of another, while either or them are uninhabited, if

the prohibition to enter be manifest and the trespasser

has not secured the permission of the owner or the

caretaker thereof.

Section Three. - Threats and Coercion

Article

282.

Grave threats. - Any person who shall

threaten another with the infliction upon the person,

honor or property of the latter or of his family of any

wrong amounting to a crime, shall suffer:

1. The penalty next lower in degree than that prescribed

by law for the crime be threatened to commit, if the

offender shall have made the threat demanding money

or

imposing

any

other

condition,

even

though not

unlawful,

and

said

offender

shall

have

attained his

purpose. If the offender shall not have attained his

purpose, the penalty lower by two degrees shall be

imposed.

If the threat be made in writing or through a middleman,

the penalty shall be imposed in its maximum period.

2. The penalty of arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding

One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000), if the threat

shall not have been made subject to a condition.

Article 283. Light threats. - Any threat to commit a wrong

not constituting a crime, made in the manner expressed

in subdivision 1 of the next preceding article, shall be

punished by arresto mayor .

Article 284. Bond for good behavior. - In all cases falling

within

the

two

next

preceding

articles,

the

person

making the threats may also be required to give bail not

to molest the person threatened, or if he shall fail to give

such bail, he shall be sentenced to destierro.

Article 285. Other light threats. - The penalty of arresto

menor in its minimum period or a fine not exceeding

Forty thousand pesos (P40,000) shall be imposed upon:

1.

Any

person

who,

without

being

included

in the

provisions of the next preceding article, shall threaten

another with a weapon or draw such weapon in a quarrel,

unless it be in lawful self-defense.

2. Any person who, in the heat of anger, shall orally

threaten another with some harm not constituting a

crime, and who by subsequent acts show that he did not

persist in the idea involved in his threat, provided that the

circumstances of the offense shall not bring it within the

provisions of Article 282 of this Code.

3. Any person who shall orally threaten to do another any

harm not constituting a felony.

Article 286. Grave coercions. - The penalty of prision

correccional and a fine not exceeding One hundred

thousand pesos (P100,000) shall be imposed upon any

person who, without any authority of law, shall, by means

of violence, threats or intimidation, prevent another from

doing something not prohibited by law, or compel him to

do something against his will, whether it be right or

wrong.

If the coercion be committed in violation of the exercise

of the right of suffrage, or for the purpose of compelling

another to perform any religious act, to prevent him from

exercising such right or from so doing such act, the

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