Article 267

Act No. 3815 · Revised Penal CodeKey provision

ELI5— what this means for you

Kidnapping and serious illegal detention: a private person who kidnaps, detains, or deprives another of liberty. Penalty: reclusion perpetua to death (now life imprisonment). Aggravated if victim is a minor, female, or detained for ransom.

Key point

Kidnapping for ransom is punished with life imprisonment, regardless of other circumstances.

Official text — Act No. 3815

Serious illegal detention.-Any private individual who shall kidnap or detain another, or in any other manner deprive him of his liberty, shall suffer the penalty of reclusion temporal.

1. If the locking up or detention shall have lasted more than twenty days.

2. If it shall have been committed simulating public authority.

3. If any serious physical injuries shall have been inflicted upon the person locked up or detained, or if threats to kill him shall have been made.

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

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