Article 270Kidnapping and failure to return a minor

Act No. 3815 · Revised Penal CodeKey provision

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Kidnapping and failure to return a minor.

Official text — Act No. 3815

Kidnapping and failure to return a minor.

-The penalty of reclusion temporal shall be imposed upon:

1. Anyone who shall kidnap a child under seven years for the purpose of permanently separating said child from his parents or guardians or the persons charged with his custody.

2. Any person who, being entrusted with the custody of a minor person, shall deliberately fail to restore the latter to his parents or guardians.

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

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