Anti-Highway Robbery Law of 1974
1. Concept and legal basis a. Legal basis Presidential Decree No. 532 is known as the Anti-Piracy and Anti-Highway Robbery Law of 1974. “Philippine Waters” – refer to all bodies of water, such as but not limited to, seas, gulfs, bays around, between and connecting each of the Islands of the Philippine Archipelago, irrespective of […]
Other forms of trespass, Revised Penal Code
1. Concept and legal basis Art. 281. Other forms of trespass. – The penalty of arresto menor or a fine not exceeding Forty thousand pesos (₱40,000), or both, shall be imposed upon any person who shall enter the closed premises or the fenced estate of another, while either or both of them are uninhabited, if […]
Revelation of industrial secrets, Revised Penal Code
1. Concept and legal basis Art. 292. Revelation of industrial secrets. – The penalty of prisión correccional in its minimum and medium periods and a fine not exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (₱100,000) shall be imposed upon the person in charge, employee or workman of any manufacturing or industrial establishment who, to the prejudice of […]
Revealing secrets with abuse of office, Revised Penal Code
1. Concept and legal basis Art. 291. Revealing secrets with abuse of office. – The penalty of arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (₱100,000) shall be imposed upon any manager, employee or servant who, in such capacity, shall learn the secrets of his principal or master and shall reveal such […]
Discovering secrets through seizure or correspondence, Revised Penal Code
1. Concept and legal basis Art. 290. Discovering secrets through seizure of correspondence. – The penalty of prisión correccional in its minimum and medium periods and a fine not exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (₱100,000) shall be imposed upon any private individual who in order to discover the secrets of another, shall seize his papers […]
Formation, maintenance and prohibition of combination of capital or labor through violence or threats, Revised Penal Code
1. Concept and legal basis Art. 289. Formation, maintenance and prohibition of combination of capital or labor through violence or threats. – The penalty of arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding Sixty thousand pesos (₱60,000) shall be imposed upon any person who, for the purpose of organizing, maintaining or preventing coalitions of capital or […]
Other similar coercions, Revised Penal Code
1. Concept and legal basis Art. 288. Other similar coercions; (Compulsory purchase of merchandise and payment of wages by means of tokens. – The penalty of arresto mayor or a fine ranging from Forty thousand pesos (₱40,000) to One hundred thousand pesos (₱100,000), or both, shall be imposed upon any person, agent or officer of […]
Unjust vexation, Revised Penal Code
1. Concept and legal basis Article 287… x x x … unjust vexations shall be punished by arresto menor or a fine ranging from One thousand pesos (₱1,000) to not more than Forty thousand pesos (₱40,000), or both. (Act 3815, Revised Penal Code, as amended by R.A. 10951) 2. Elements of the offense Elements of […]
Any other coercions, Revised Penal Code
1. Concept and legal basis Article 287… x x x Any other coercions… shall be punished by arresto menor or a fine ranging from One thousand pesos (₱1,000) to not more than Forty thousand pesos (₱40,000), or both. (Act 3815, Revised Penal Code, as amended by R.A. 10951) 2. Elements of the offense Elements of […]
Light coercions, Revised Penal Code
1. Concept and legal basis Art. 287. Light coercions. – Any person who, by means of violence, shall seize anything belonging to his debtor for the purpose of applying the same to the payment of the debt, shall suffer the penalty of arresto mayor in its minimum period and a fine equivalent to the value […]