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Article 74Penalty higher than reclusion perpetua in certain cases

Act No. 3815 · Revised Penal CodeKey provision

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Penalty higher than reclusion perpetua in certain cases.

Official text — Act No. 3815

Penalty higher than reclusion perpetua in certain cases.

-In cases in which the law prescribes a penalty higher than another given penalty, without specifically designating the name of the former, if such higher penalty should be that of death, the same penalty and the accessory penalties of article 40, shall be considered as the next higher penalty.

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

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