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Article 335When and how rape is committed

Act No. 3815 · Revised Penal CodeKey provision

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When and how rape is committed. -Rape is committed by having carnal knowledge of a woman under any of the following circumstances: 1.

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.

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

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