Article 285Other light threats
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Other light threats. -The penalty of arresto menor in its minimum period or a fine not exceeding 200 pesos shall be imposed upon: 1.
Official text — Act No. 3815
Other light threats.
-The penalty of arresto menor in its minimum period or a fine not exceeding 200 pesos shall be imposed upon:
1. Any person who, without being included in the provisions of the next preceding article, shall threat another with a weapon, or draw such weapon in a quarrel, unless it be in lawful self-defense.
2. Any person who, in the heat of anger, shall orally threaten another with some harm not constituting a crime, and who by subsequent acts shows that he did not persist in the idea involved in his threat, provided that the circumstances of the offense shall not bring it within the provisions of article 282 of this Code.
3. Any person who shall orally threaten to do another any harm not constituting a felony.
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