Article 310Qualified theft
ELI5— what this means for you
Qualified theft: theft by a domestic helper, employee, or someone entrusted with the property — penalty is two degrees higher than simple theft. Banks and large companies commonly charge this for employee pilferage.
Key point
A kasambahay or employee who steals from their employer faces qualified theft — a much heavier penalty.
Official text — Act No. 3815
Qualified theft.
-The crime of theft shall be punished by the penalties next higher in degree than those respectively specified in the next preceding article, if committed by a domestic servant, or with grave abuse of confidence, or if the property stolen is large cattle or consists of coconuts, or fish taken from a fishpond or fishery.
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