Trespass Threats
Trespass Threats
— Any private person who shall enter the dwelling of another against
the latter's will shall be punished by arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding 1,000 pesos.
If the offense be committed by means of violence or intimidation, the penalty shall be prision correccional in its
medium and maximum periods and a fine not exceeding 1,000 pesos..
The provisions of this article shall not be applicable to any person who shall enter another's dwelling for the
purpose of preventing some serious harm to himself, the occupants of the dwelling or a third person, nor shall it
be applicable to any person who shall enter a dwelling for the purpose of rendering some service to humanity or
justice, nor to anyone who shall enter cafes, taverns, inn and other public houses, while the same are open..
Art. 281. Other forms of trespass. — The penalty of arresto menor or a fine not exceeding 200 pesos, or both,
shall be imposed upon any person who shall enter the closed premises or the fenced estate of another, while
either or them are uninhabited, if the prohibition to enter be manifest and the trespasser has not secured the
permission of the owner or the caretaker thereof..
Art. 282. Grave threats. — Any person who shall threaten another with the infliction upon the person, honor or
property of the latter or of his family of any wrong amounting to a crime, shall suffer:
1. The penalty next lower in degree than that prescribed by law for the crime be threatened to commit, if the
offender shall have made the threat demanding money or imposing any other condition, even though not
unlawful, and said offender shall have attained his purpose. If the offender shall not have attained his purpose,
the penalty lower by two degrees shall be imposed..
If the threat be made in writing or through a middleman, the penalty shall be imposed in its maximum period..
2. The penalty of arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding 500 pesos, if the threat shall not have been made
subject to a condition..
Art. 283. Light threats. — Any threat to commit a wrong not constituting a crime, made in the manner expressed
in subdivision 1 of the next preceding article, shall be punished by arresto mayor.
Art. 284. Bond for good behavior. — In all cases falling within the two next preceding articles, the person making
the threats may also be required to give bail not to molest the person threatened, or if he shall fail to give such
bail, he shall be sentenced to destierro..
Art. 285. Other light threats. — The penalty of arresto menor in its minimum period or a fine not exceeding 200
pesos shall be imposed upon:
1. Any person who, without being included in the provisions of the next preceding article, shall threaten another
with a weapon or draw such weapon in a quarrel, unless it be in lawful self-defense..
2. Any person who, in the heat of anger, shall orally threaten another with some harm not constituting a crime,
and who by subsequent acts show that he did not persist in the idea involved in his threat, provided that the
circumstances of the offense shall not bring it within the provisions of Article 282 of this Code..
3. Any person who shall orally threaten to do another any harm not constituting a felony..
Art. 286. Grave coercions. — The penalty of arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding 500 pesos shall be
imposed upon any person who, without authority of law, shall, by means of violence, prevent another from doing
something not prohibited by law, or compel him to do something against his will, whether it be right or wrong.
If the coercion be committed for the purpose of compelling another to perform any religious act or to prevent him
from so doing, the penalty next higher in degree shall be imposed..
Art. 287. Light coercions. — Any person who, by means of violence, shall seize anything belonging to his debtor
for the purpose of applying the same to the payment of the debt, shall suffer the penalty of arresto mayor in its
minimum period and a fine equivalent to the value of the thing, but in no case less than 75 pesos..
Any other coercions or unjust vexations shall be punished by arresto menor or a fine ranging from 5 pesos to
200 pesos, or both..
Art. 288. Other similar coercions; (Compulsory purchase of merchandise and payment of wages by means of
tokens.) — The penalty of arresto mayor or a fine ranging from 200 to 500 pesos, or both, shall be imposed
upon any person, agent or officer, of any association or corporation who shall force or compel, directly or
indirectly, or shall knowingly permit any laborer or employee employed by him or by such firm or corporation to
be forced or compelled, to purchase merchandise or commodities of any kind..
The same penalties shall be imposed upon any person who shall pay the wages due a laborer or employee
employed by him, by means of tokens or objects other than the legal tender currency of the laborer or
employee..
Art. 289. Formation, maintenance and prohibition of combination of capital or labor through violence or threats.
— The penalty of arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding 300 pesos shall be imposed upon any person who, for
the purpose of organizing, maintaining or preventing coalitions or capital or labor, strike of laborers or lock-out of
employees, shall employ violence or threats in such a degree as to compel or force the laborers or employers in
the free and legal exercise of their industry or work, if the act shall not constitute a more serious offense in
accordance with the provisions of this Code.