Article 43Act No. 3815, Sec./Art. 43

Prision correccional-Its accessory penalties.-The penalty of prision correccional shall carry with it that of suspension from public office, from the right to follow a profession or calling, and that of perpetual special disqualification from the right of suffrage, if the duration of said imprisonment shall exceed eighteen months. The offender shall suffer the disqualification provided in this article although pardoned as to the principal penalty, unless the same shall have been expressly remitted in the pardon.

REVISED PENAL CODE TEXT AND SPECIAL PENAL LAWS

Article 338. Simple seduction. - The seduction of a

woman who is single or a widow of good reputation, over

twelve but under eighteen years of age, committed by

means of deceit, shall be punished by arresto mayor .

Article 339. Acts of lasciviousness with the consent of the

offended party. - The penalty of arresto mayor shall be

imposed

to

punish any other acts of lasciviousness

committed

by

the

same

persons

and

the

same

circumstances as those provided in Articles 337 and 338.

Article 340. Corruption of minors. - Any person who shall

promote or facilitate the prostitution or corruption of

persons underage to satisfy the lust of another, shall be

punished by prision mayor, and if the culprit is a public

officer

or

employee,

including

those

in

government-owned or controlled corporations, he shall

also

suffer

the

penalty

of

temporary

absolute

disqualification. (As amended by Batas Pambansa Blg.

92).

Article 341. White slave trade. - The penalty of prision

mayor in its medium and maximum period shall be

imposed upon any person who, in any manner, or under

any pretext, shall engage in the business or shall profit by

prostitution or shall enlist the services of any other for the

purpose of prostitution (As amended by Batas Pambansa

Blg. 186.)

Chapter Four ABDUCTION

Article 342. Forcible abduction. - The abduction of any

woman against her will and with lewd designs shall be

punished by reclusion temporal.

The same penalty shall be imposed in every case, if the

female abducted be under twelve years of age.

Article 343. Consented abduction. - The abduction of a

virgin over twelve years and under eighteen years of age,

carried out with her consent and with lewd designs, shall

be punished by the penalty of prision correccional in its

minimum and medium periods.

Chapter Five PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO THE

PRECEDING CHAPTERS OF TITLE ELEVEN

Article

344.

Prosecution

of

the

crimes of adultery,

concubinage, seduction, abduction, rape and acts of

lasciviousness. - The crimes of adultery and concubinage

shall not be prosecuted except upon a complaint filed by

the offended spouse.

The offended party cannot institute criminal prosecution

without including both the guilty parties, if they are both

alive, nor, in any case, if he shall have consented or

pardoned the offenders.

The offenses of seduction, abduction, rape or acts of

lasciviousness, shall not be prosecuted except upon a

complaint filed by the offended party or her parents,

grandparents, or guardian, nor, in any case, if the offender

has

been

expressly

pardoned

by the above named

persons, as the case may be.

In cases of seduction, abduction, acts of lasciviousness

and rape, the marriage of the offender with the offended

party shall extinguish the criminal action or remit the

penalty already imposed upon him. The provisions of this

paragraph shall also be applicable to the co-principals,

accomplices

and

accessories

after

the

fact

of

the

above-mentioned crimes.

Article 345. Civil liability of persons guilty of crimes

against chastity. - Person guilty of rape, seduction or

abduction, shall also be sentenced:

1. To indemnify the offended woman.

2. To acknowledge the offspring, unless the law should

prevent him from so doing.

3. In every case to support the offspring.

The adulterer and the concubine in the case provided for

in Articles 333 and 334 may also be sentenced, in the

same proceeding or in a separate civil proceeding, to

indemnify for damages caused to the offended spouse.

Article 346. Liability of ascendants, guardians, teachers,

or other persons entrusted with the custody of the

offended party. - The ascendants, guardians, curators,

teachers and any person who, by abuse of authority or

confidential relationships, shall cooperate as accomplices

in the perpetration of the crimes embraced in chapters,

second, third and fourth, of this title, shall be punished as

principals.

Teachers or other persons in any other capacity entrusted

with the education and guidance of youth, shall also

suffer the penalty of temporary special disqualification in

its maximum period to perpetual special disqualification.

Any person falling within the terms of this article, and any

other person guilty of corruption of minors for the benefit

of another, shall be punished by special disqualification

from filling the office of guardian.

Title Twelve CRIMES AGAINST THE CIVIL

STATUS OF PERSONS

Chapter One SIMULATION OF BIRTHS AND

USURPATION OF CIVIL STATUS

Article 347. Simulation of births, substitution of one child

for another and concealment or abandonment of a

legitimate child. - The simulation of births and the

substitution of one child for another shall be punished by

prision mayor and a fine of not exceeding Two hundred

thousand pesos (P200,000).

The same penalties shall be imposed upon any person

who shall conceal or abandon any legitimate child with

intent to cause such child to lose its civil status.

Any

physician

or

surgeon

or public officer who, in

violation of the duties of his profession or office, shall

cooperate

in

the

execution

of

any

of

the

crimes

mentioned in the two next preceding paragraphs, shall

suffer the penalties therein prescribed and also the

penalty of temporary special disqualification.

Article 348. Usurpation of civil status. - The penalty of

prision mayor shall be imposed upon any person who

shall usurp the civil status of another, should he do so for

the purpose of defrauding the offended party or his heirs;

otherwise,

the

penalty

of

prision

correccional in its

medium and maximum periods shall be imposed.

Chapter Two ILLEGAL MARRIAGES

Article 349. Bigamy. - The penalty of prision mayor shall

be imposed upon any person who shall contract a second

or subsequent marriage before the former marriage has

been legally dissolved, or before the absent spouse has

been

declared

presumptively

dead

by

means

of

a

judgment rendered in the proper proceedings.

Article 350. Marriage contracted against provisions of

laws. - The penalty of prision correccional in its medium

and maximum periods shall be imposed upon any person

who, without being included in the provisions of the next

proceeding article, shall have not been complied with or

that the marriage is in disregard of a legal impediment.

If

either of the contracting parties shall obtain the

consent of the other by means of violence, intimidation or

fraud, he shall be punished by the maximum period of

the penalty provided in the next preceding paragraph.

Article 351. Premature marriages. - Any widow who shall

marry within three hundred and one day from the date of

the death of her husband, or before having delivered if

she shall have been pregnant at the time of his death,

shall be punished by arresto mayor and a fine not

exceeding 500 pesos.

The same penalties shall be imposed upon any woman

whose marriage shall have been annulled or dissolved, if

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