Article 335When and how rape is committed
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When and how rape is committed: rape occurs when a man has carnal knowledge of a woman by force or intimidation, while she's unconscious or unable to reason, or when she's under twelve — regardless of consent. This article was later replaced by the Anti-Rape Law of 1997 (RA 8353).
Official text — Act No. 3815
When and how rape is committed.
-Rape is committed by having carnal knowledge of a woman under any of the following circumstances:
1. By using force or intimidation;
2. When the woman is deprived of reason or otherwise unconscious; and
3. When the woman is under twelve years of age, even though neither of the circumstances mentioned in the two next preceding paragraphs shall be present.
The crime of rape shall be punished by reclusion temporal.
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