Article 249Homicide

Act No. 3815 · Revised Penal CodeKey provision

ELI5— what this means for you

Homicide is killing another person without the circumstances that make it murder, parricide, or infanticide. Penalty: reclusion temporal (12–20 years). Can be reduced by mitigating circumstances like voluntary surrender.

Official text — Act No. 3815

Homicide.

-Any person who, not falling within the provisions of article 246 shall kill another without the attendance of any of the circumstances enumerated in the next preceding article, shall be deemed guilty of homicide and be punished by reclusion temporal.

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

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