Light coercions, Revised Penal Code

Filed under: 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 of the thing, but in no case less than Fifteen thousand pesos (₱15,000).

Any other coercions or 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 the offense:

1) The offender seizes anything belonging to his debtor;

2) It is for the purpose of applying the same to the payment of the debt; and,

3) He commits such acts by means of violence. (Article 287, Act No. 3815, Revised Penal Code)

References

⦁ Title 9 – Crimes Against Personal Liberty, Book 2, Revised Penal Code

/Updated: January 18, 2023

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