Article 262Mutilation

Act No. 3815 · Revised Penal Code

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Mutilation: intentionally cutting off or castrating a limb or organ, or depriving someone of their reproductive organ. Penalty: reclusion temporal to reclusion perpetua depending on severity.

Official text — Act No. 3815

Mutilation.

-The penalty of reclusion temporal to reclusion perpetua shall be imposed upon any person who shall intentionally mutilate another by depriving him, either totally or partially, of some essential organ for reproduction.

Any other intentional mutilation shall be punished by prision mayor in its medium and maximum periods.

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

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