Article 254Discharge of firearms

Act No. 3815 · Revised Penal CodeKey provision

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Discharge of firearms.

Official text — Act No. 3815

Discharge of firearms.

-Any person who shall shoot at another with any firearm shall suffer the penalty of prision correccional in its minimum and medium periods, unless the facts of the case are such that the act can be held to constitute frustrated or attempted parricide, murder, homicide or any other crime for which a higher penalty is prescribed by any of the articles of this Code.

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

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