Article 123Qualified piracy

Qualified piracy.

-The penalty of reclusion temporal to death shall be imposed upon those who commit any of the crimes referred to in the preceding article, under any of the following circumstances:

1. Whenever they have seized a vessel by boarding or firing upon the same;

2. Whenever the pirates have abandoned their victims without means of saving themselves; or

3. Whenever the crime is accompanied by murder, homicide, physical injuries, or rape.

TITLE TWO

CRIMES AGAINST THE FUNDAMENTAL LAWS OF THE STATE

CHAPTER ONE

ARBITRARY DETENTION OR EXPULSION, VIOLATION OF DWELLING, PROHIBITION, INTERRUPTION, AND DISSOLUTION OF PEACEFUL MEETINGS AND CRIMES AGAINST RELIGIOUS WORSHIP.

SECTION ONE.-Arbitrary detention and expulsion