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Article 346

Act No. 3815 · Revised Penal CodeKey provision

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Liability of ascendants, guardians, teachers, or other persons entrusted with the custody of the offended party.

Official text — Act No. 3815

Liability of ascendants, guardians, teachers, or other persons entrusted with the custody of the offended party.

-The ascendants, guardians, curators, teachers and any person who, by abuse of authority or confidential relationship, shall cooperate as accomplices in the perpetration of the crimes embraced in chapters second, third and fourth of this title, shall be punished as principals.

Teachers or other persons in any other capacity entrusted with the education and guidance of youth, shall also suffer the penalty of temporary special disqualification in its maximum period to perpetual special disqualification.

Any person falling within the terms of this article, and any other person guilty of corruption of minors for the benefit of another, shall be punished by special disqualification from filling the office of guardian.

TITLE TWELVE

CRIMES AGAINST THE CIVIL STATUS OF PERSONS

CHAPTER ONE

SIMULATION OF BIRTHS AND USURPATION OF CIVIL STATUS

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

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