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Article 325Burning one's own property as a means to commit arson

Act No. 3815 · Revised Penal CodeKey provision

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Burning one's own property as a means to commit arson.

Official text — Act No. 3815

Burning one's own property as a means to commit arson.

-Any person guilty of arson or causing great destruction of property belonging to another shall suffer the penalties prescribed in this chapter, even though he shall bave set fire to or destroyed his own property for the purpose of committing the crime.

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

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