Article 68Act No. 3815, Sec./Art. 68

Penalty to be imposed upon a person under eighteen years of age.-When the offender is a minor under eighteen years and his case is one coming under the provisions of the paragraph next to the last of article 80 of this Code, the following rules shall be observed:

1. Upon a person under fifteen but over nine years of age, who is not exempted from liability by reason of the court having declared that he acted with discernment, a discretionary penalty shall be imposed, but always lower by two degrees at least than that prescribed by law for the crime which he committed.

2. Upon a person over fifteen and under eighteen years of age the penalty next lower than that prescribed by law shall be imposed, but always in the proper period.

REVISED PENAL CODE TEXT AND SPECIAL PENAL LAWS

destroy, any war material, war premises, or war utilities, as

herein defined, shall be imprisoned not more than thirty

years or be fined not more than thirty thousand pesos, or

both.

SECTION 12. Making or causing war material to be made

in defective manner . — When the Philippines or the

United States is at war, whoever, with intent to injure,

interfere with, or obstruct the Philippines or the United

States or any associate nation in preparing for or carrying

on the war, or whoever, with reason to believe that his act

may injure, interfere with, or obstruct the Philippines or

the United States or any associate nation in preparing for

or carrying on the war, shall wilfully make or cause to be

made in a defective manner, or attempt to make or cause

to be made in a defective manner, any war material, as

herein defined, or any tool, implement, machine, utensil,

or receptacle used or employed in making, producing,

manufacturing, or repairing any such war material, as

herein defined, shall be imprisoned not more than thirty

years or be fined not more than thirty thousand pesos, or

both.

SECTION

13.

Injuring or destroying national defense

material, premises, or utilities . — Whoever, with intent to

injure, interfere with, or obstruct the national defense of

the Philippines or the United States shall wilfully injure or

destroy, or shall attempt to so injure or destroy, any

national defense material, national defense premises, or

national defense utilities, as herein provided, shall be

imprisoned not more than ten years or be fined not more

than ten thousand pesos, or both.

SECTION 14. Making or causing to be made in a defective

manner, or attempting to make or cause to be made in a

defective

manner,

national

defense

material .

—

Whoever, with intent to injure, interfere with, or obstruct

the national defense of the Philippines or of the United

States, shall wilfully make or cause to be made in a

defective manner, or attempt to make or cause to be

made

in

a

defective

manner,

any

national defense

material, as herein defined, or any tool, implement,

machine, utensil, or receptacle used or employed in

making, producing, manufacturing, or repairing any such

national defense material, as herein defined, shall be

imprisoned not more than ten years, or fined not more

than ten thousand pesos, or both.

SECTION 15. Definition of terms . — The term "aircraft" as

used

in

this

Act

means

any contrivance known or

hereafter invented, used, or designed for navigation or

flight in the air. The expression "post, camp, or station" as

used in this Act shall be interpreted to include naval

vessels, military and naval aircraft, and any separate

military, naval or air command.

The words "war or national defense material" as used

herein

shall

include

arms,

armament,

ammunition,

livestock, stores of clothing, food, foodstuffs, or fuel; and

shall

also include supplies, munitions, and all other

articles

of

whatever

description,

and

any

part

or

ingredient thereof, intended for, adapted to, or suitable

for the use of the Philippines or the United States, or any

associate nation, in connection with the conduct of war

or national defense.

The words "war or national defense premises," as used

herein, shall include all buildings, grounds, mines, or

other

places

wherein

such war or national defense

material

is

being

produced,

manufactured, repaired,

stored, mined, extracted, distributed, loaded, unloaded, or

transported, together with all machinery and appliances

therein contained; and all ports, arsenals, navy yards,

prisons, camps, or other military, naval, or air stations of

the Philippines or the United States or any associate

nation.

The words "war or national defense utilities," as used

herein, shall include all railroads, railways, electric lines,

roads of whatever description, railroad or railway fixture,

canal,

lock, dam, wharf, pier, dock, bridge, building,

structure, engine, machine, mechanical contrivance, car,

vehicle,

boat,

or

aircraft,

or

any

other

means

of

transportation whatsoever, whereon or whereby such war

or

national

defense

material

or

any

troops

of

the

Philippines or of the United States, or of any associate

nation, are being or may be transported either within the

limits of the Philippines or the United States or upon the

high seas; and all dams, reservoirs, aqueducts, water and

gas mains, oil or gasoline stations, pipes, structures, and

buildings, whereby or in connection with which water, or

gas, or oil, or gasoline, or other fluid is being furnished, or

may

be

furnished,

to

any

war

or

national defense

premises or to the military, naval, or air forces of the

Philippines or the United States, or any associate nation,

and all electric light and power, steam or pneumatic

power, telephone, and telegraph plants, poles, wires, and

fixtures

and

wireless

stations,

and

the

buildings

connected with the maintenance and operation thereof

used to supply water, light, heat, gas, oil, gasoline, fluid,

power, or facilities of communication to any war or

national defense premises or to the military, naval, or air

forces of the Philippines or of the United States, or any

associate nation.

The words "associate nation," as used in this chapter, shall

be deemed to mean any nation at war with any nation

with which the Philippines or the United States is at war.

The words "foreign government," as used in this Act, shall

be deemed to include any government, faction, or body

of insurgents within a country with which the Philippines

or United States is at peace, which government, faction,

or

body

of insurgents may or may not have been

recognized by the Philippines or the United States as a

government.

SECTION 16. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 4, 1941

(Punishment for Espionage and Other Offenses Against

National Security, Commonwealth Act No. 616, [June 4,

1941])

PD No 532 | Anti-piracy and Anti-highway

Robbery Law of 1974

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 532 August 8, 1974

ANTI-PIRACY AND ANTI-HIGHWAY ROBBERY LAW OF

1974

WHEREAS,

reports

from

law-enforcement

agencies

reveal that lawless elements are still committing acts of

depredations

upon

the

persons

and

properties

of

innocent and defenseless inhabitants who travel from

one place to another, thereby distributing the peace,

order and tranquility of the nation and stunting the

economic and social progress of the people;

WHEREAS, such acts of depredations constitute either

piracy or highway robbery/brigandage which are among

the highest forms of lawlessness condemned by the

penal statutes of all countries; and,

WHEREAS, it is imperative that said lawless elements be

discouraged from perpetrating such acts of depredations

by imposing heavy penalty on the offenders, with the end

in view of eliminating all obstacles to the economic,

social,

educational

and

community

progress

of

the

people;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President

of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by

the Constitution and pursuant to proclamation No. 1081,

dated September 21, 1972 and No. 1104, dated January 17,

1973 and General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972,

do hereby order and decree as part of the law of the land

the following:

Section 1. Title. This Decree shall be known as the

Anti-Piracy and Anti-Highway Robbery Law of 1974.

Section 2. Definition of Terms. The following terms shall

mean and be understood, as follows:

a. Philippine Waters. It shall refer to all bodies of water,

such as but not limited to, seas, gulfs, bays around,

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