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Article 224Evasion through negligence

Act No. 3815 · Revised Penal CodeKey provision

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Evasion through negligence.

Official text — Act No. 3815

Evasion through negligence.

-If the evasion of the prisoner shall have taken place through the negligence of the officer charged with the conveyance or custody of the escaping prisoner, said officer shall suffer the penalties of arresto mayor in its maximum period to prision correccional in its minimum period and temporary special disqualification.

Source: lawphil.net (Act No. 3815 as amended)

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