Article 246Parricide

Act No. 3815 · Revised Penal CodeKey provision

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Parricide is killing your father, mother, child, legitimate other ascendants/descendants, or spouse. Penalty: reclusion perpetua (life imprisonment — death penalty suspended under RA 9346).

Official text — Act No. 3815

Parricide.

-Any person who shall kill his father, mother, or child, whether legitimate or illegitimate, or any of his ascendants or descendants, or his spouse, shall be guilty of parricide and shall be punished by the penalty of reclusion perpetua to death.

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

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