FELONY/OFFENSE PENALTY AMOUNT OF

BAIL

FELONY/OFFENSE
VIOLATION OF THE REVISED PENAL PENALTY AMOUNT OF
CODE BAIL

ABANDONMENT
ABDUCTION

Of person in danger and abandonment of Arresto mayor Bail not required

Forcible
one’s own(Art. 342)(Art. 275)
victim Reclusion P120,000.00
temporal

Of child under seven years of age under Arresto mayor Bail not required
-Frustrated
custody of offender (Art. 276, 1st par.) Prision
and finemayor
not P72,000.00
exceeding
-Attempted P100,000.00
Prision P36,000.00
correccional

When death of the minor results from such Prision P36,000.00

abandonment (Art. with
Forcible abduction 276, simple
2nd Par 1rape
st
phrase)
(Sexual correccional
Reclusion
Intercourse) medium and
Perpetua No Bail
maximum
(Art. 342 in rel. to Arts.
266-A, Par. I and 266-B 1st Par.)
If the life of the minor shall have been in Prision P30,000.00
danger
Forcibleonly (Art. 276,
abduction with2 rape
nd
Par., 2nd phrase
(Sexual correccional
Intercourse) qualified by any of the minimum and
Death No Bail
circumstances under Art. 266-B, 2nd, 3rd & 4th medium
Pars.

Abandonment of minor by person

(Art. 342 in rel. toentrusted
Art. 266- Arresto mayor
with
B his custody (Art. 277, 1 st
Par.) and fine not Bail not required
2nd, 3rd & 4th Pars. exceeding
P100,000.00

Forcible abduction with rape (Sexual Death No Bail

Neglect by parents
Intercourse) of their
qualified by anyduty to give proper
of the Arresto mayor
education
circumstances under Art. 266-B, 5th &2 6thPar.)
to their children (Art. 277, nd
and fine not Bail not required
Pars. exceeding
P100,000.00

Forcible abduction with rape under Art. 266- Reclusion P200,000.00

Other
A Par.forms of abandonment
2 (committed (Seepenis
by inserting P.D. into
603, Temporal
P. 152) mouth, or anal oriface; or any
another’s Maximum
instrument or object, into the genital or anal
oriface of another person)

(Art. 342 in rel. to Art. 266- A

Par. 2 and Art. 266-B, 7th Par.)

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FELONY/OFFENSE PENALTY AMOUNT OF
BAIL
abduction

Forcible abduction with rape under Art. 266- Reclusion P200,000.00

A Par. 2 with any one of the 10 qualifying Temporal
circumstances in Art. 266-B, 6th Par. Maximum

(Art. 342 in rel. to Art. 266-A

Par. 2 and Art. 266-B, 6th and
12th Pars.)

Forcible abduction with rape under Art. 266- Reclusion P200,000.00

A Par. 2 with the use of a deadly weapon or Temporal
by two or more persons Maximum

(Art. 342 in rel. to Art. 266-A

Par. 2 and Art. 266-B, 8th Par.)

Forcible abduction with rape under Art. 266- Reclusion P200,000.00

A Par. 2, where the victim has become insane. Temporal
Maximum
(Art. 342 in rel. to Art. 266-A
Par. 2 and Art. 266-B, 9th Par.)

Forcible abduction with attempted rape with Reclusion No Bail

homicide under Art. 266- A Par. 2 Perpetua

(Art. 342 in rel. to Art. 266-A

Par. 2 and Art. 266-B, 10th Par.)

Forcible abduction with rape with homicide Reclusion No Bail

under Art. 266- A Par. 2 Perpetua

(Art. 342 in rel. to Art. 266-A

Par. 2 and Art. 266-B, 11th Par.)

FELONY/OFFENSE PENALTY AMOUNT OF

BAIL

abduction

Consented Abduction (Art. 343) Prision P30,000.00

correccional Page | 2
minimum and
medium
 -Frustrated Arresto mayor Bail Not
medium and Required
maximum

-Attempted Arresto mayor Bail Not

Minimum Required

ABORTION

Intentional abortion (Art. 256)

- If offender shall use violence on the Reclusion P120,000.00

pregnant woman (Art. 256, No. 1) Temporal

- If without using violence, offender shall act Prision mayor P72,000.00

without the consent of the woman (Art. 256,
No. 2)

- If the woman shall have consented (Art. Prision P36,000.00

256, No. 3) correccional
medium and
maximum

- If the woman shall practice abortion upon Prision P36,000.00

herself or shall consent that another should correccional
do so (Art. 258, 1st Par.) medium and
maximum

- If the woman committed abortion upon Prision P30,000.00

herself to conceal her dishonor (Art. 258, 2nd correccional
Par.) minimum and
medium

- If crime be committed by parents of Prision P36,000.00

pregnant woman or either of them with the correccional
woman’s consent to conceal her dishonor medium and
(Art. 258, 3rd Par.) maximum

Abortion practiced by a physician or midwife

and dispensing of abortive (Art. 259)

- With the use of violence (Art. 259, 1st Par., Reclusion P120,000.00 Page | 3
in relation to Art 256, No. 1) Temporal
Maximum
- Without violence but without consent of the Prision mayor P72,000.00
woman (Art. 259, 1st Par. in relation to Art maximum
256, No. 2)

- If the woman shall have consented (Art. Maximum period P36,000.00

259, 1st Par. in relation to Art. 256, No.3) if prision
correccional
medium and
maximum

- Dispensation of abortive by a pharmacist Arresto mayor and Bail Not

without the proper prescription from a fine not exceeding Required
physician (Art. 259, 2nd Par.) P100,000.00

Unintentional Abortion (Art. 257) Prision P30,000.00

correccional
minimum and
medium

ACTS OF LASCIVIOUSNESSS (Art. 336)

When the victim is under 12 years of age Reclusion P108,000.00

(Art. 336, as amended by Sec. 5, Par 2 (b) Temporal
RA 7610) Medium

- Against the will of the victim when victim Prision P36,000.00

is 12 years of age or over. correccional

- with consent of offended woman (Art. 339) Arresto mayor Bail Not
Required

ADULTERY (Art. 333) Prision P36,000.00

correctional
medium and
maximum

- If committed while being abandoned with Arresto mayor P18,000.00

justification by offended party (Art. 333, 3rd maximum to
Par.) prision
correccional
minimum

ALARMS AND SCANDALS (Art. 155) Arresto menor or Bail Not Page | 4
a fine not Required
 exceeding
P40,000.00

ARREST, Unlawful (Art. 269) Arresto mayor and Bail Not

a fine not Required
exceeding
P100,000.00

ARSON, Destructive (Art. 320 as amended

by RA 7695)

- Resulting in death Death No Bail

- Under other qualifying circumstances Reclusion No Bail

perpetua to death

- Frustrated Reclusion P120,000.00

Temporal

- Attempted Prision mayor P72,000.00

ARSON, under other circumstances

mentioned in PD 1613. (see PD 1613)

ASSAULTS, Direct (Art. 148)

- If committed with a weapon or when Prision P36,000.00

offender is a public officer or employee or correccional
when the offender lays hands upon a person medium and
in authority (1st sentence) maximum and a
fine not exceeding
P200,000.00

If committed without the above attendant Prision P18,000.00

circumstances (2nd sentence) correccional
minimum and fine
not exceeding
P100,000.00

Direct Assault with Murder (Arts. 148 and Death No Bail

248 in relation to Art. 48)

Direct Assault with Frustrated Murder Reclusion P120,000.00 Page | 5

Temporal
 Maximum

Direct Assault with Attempted Murder Prision Mayor P72,000.00

Maximum

Direct Assault with Homicide (Arts. 148 and Reclusion P120,000.00

294 in relation to Art. 48) temporal
maximum

- Direct Assault with Frustrated Homicide Prison mayor P72,000.00

maximum

- Direct Assault with Attempted Homicide Prison P36,000.00

correccional
maximum

Direct Assault with serious physical injuries Prison mayor P72,000.00

(Arts. 148 and 263, No. 1 in relation to Art. maximum
48)

Direct Assault with serious physical injuries Maximum period P36,000.00

(Arts. 148, 1st sentence and 263, No. 2 in of prision
relation to Art. 48) correccional
medium and
maximum and
fine of
P200,000.00

Direct Assault with serious physical injuries Maximum period P36,000.00

(Arts. 148, 2nd sentence and 263 No. 2 in of prision
relation to Art. 48) correccional
medium and
maximum

Direct Assault with serious physical injuries Maximum period P36,000.00

(Art. 148, 1st sentence and Art. 263, No. 3, in of prision
relation to Art. 48) correccional
medium and
maximum and
fine of
P200,000.00

Direct Assault with serious physical injuries Maximum period P30,000.00

(Art. 148, 2nd sentence and Art. 263, No. 3, of prision
in relation to Art. 48) correccional
minimum and Page | 6
medium
Direct Assault with serious physical injuries Maximum period P36,000.00
(Art. 148, 1st sentence and Art. 263, No. 4, of prision
1st Par. in relation to Art. 48) correccional
medium and
maximum and
fine of
P200,000.00

Direct Assault with serious physical injuries Maximum period P18,000.00

(Art. 148, 2nd sentence and Art. 263, No. 4, of prision
1st Par. in relation to Art. 48) correccional
minimum and fine
of P100,000.00

Direct Assault with serious physical injuries Maximum period P120,000.00

committed with any of the attendant of reclusion
circumstances of parricide or murder, and the temporal medium
injured person becomes insane, imbecile, and maximum
impotent or blind.
(Art. 148 and 263 2nd Par.
1 phrase in relation to Art. 48,
st

RPC)

Direct Assault with serious physical injuries Maximum period P48,000.00

committed with any of the attendant of prision
circumstances of parricide or murder and the correccional
injured person losses use of speech, or power maximum to
to hear or smell, or shall have lost an eye, a prision mayor
hand, a foot, an arm or a leg or shall have lost minimum
the use of any such member, or shall have
become incapacitated for the work in which
he was theretofore habitually engaged.
(Arts. 148 and 263 2nd Par. 2nd
phrase, in rel. to Art.
48,RPC)

Direct Assault with serious physical injuries Maximum period P36,000.00

committed with any of the attendant of prision
circumstances of parricide or murder and the correccional
injured person shall have become deformed, medium and
shall have lost any other part of his body, or maximum and
shall have lost the use thereof, or have fine of
become incapacitated for work for a period P200,000.00
of more than 90 days.
(Art. 148 1st sentence and Art.
263,
2nd part. 3rd phrase in rel. to
Art. 48
RPC) Page | 7
- If committed under Art. 148, 2nd sentence in Maximum period P36,000.00
relation to Art. 363 2nd Par., 3rd phrase of prision
correccional
medium and
maximum

ASSAULTS, Indirect (Art. 149) Prision P30,000.00

correccional
minimum and
medium and fine
not exceeding
P100,000.00

ASSEMBLIES, Illegal (Art. 146)

- Organizers or leaders of illegal assembly Prision P60,000.00

correccional
maximum to
prision mayor
medium

- Persons present at illegal assembly, if Prision P36,000.00

armed with licensed firearms, bolos, knives correccional
or other deadly weapons.

- Persons present at illegal assembly, if not Arresto mayor Bail Not

armed Required

ASSOCIATIONS, Illegal (Art. 147)

- Founders, directors and presidents Prision P30,000.00

correccional
minimum and
medium and fine
not exceeding
P200,000.00

Members Arresto mayor Bail Not

Required
ATTORNEY, betrayal of trust by an; Prision
revelation of secrets (Art.209) correccional P18,0000.00
minimum and/ or
fine from
P40,000.00 to
P200,000.00
AUCTIONS, machinations in public Prision
(Art.185) correccional P18,000.00
minimum and fine
of 10% to 50% of
the value of the
thing auctioned Page | 8
BIGAMY (Art.349) Prison mayor P72,000.00

BOUNDARIES or Landmarks, Altering of Arresto menor

(Art.313) and/or fine not Bail Not
exceeding Required
P20,00.00
BRIBERY

Direct bribery (Art.210) Prision mayor

- If public officer agrees to perform an act minimum and
constituting a crime and the same has been medium and fine
committed (1st Par.) not less than 3x P60,000.00
the value of gift,
in addition to the
penalty
corresponding to
the crime agreed
upon, if
committed.
- If public officer agrees to perform an act Prision mayor
not constituting a crime and the same has not minimum and P60,000.00
been accomplished (2nd Par., 1st phrase) medium and fine
not less than 3x
the value of gift.
- If public officer agrees to perform an act Prision
not constituting a crime and the same has not correccional P30,000.00
been accomplished (2nd Par., last phrase) medium and fine
not less than twice
the value of tgift.
- If public officer refrains from doing Prision
something which it was his official duty to correccional P48,000.00
do (Art.210, 3rd Par.) maximum to
prision mayor
minimum and fine
not less than 3x
the value of gift.
Indirect Bribery (Art. 211) Prision
correccional P36,000.00
medium and
maximum
Qualified Bribery (Art. 211-A as amended by
Sec. 4. R.A. 7659)

- If any public official is entrusted with law Same penalty for

enforcement and he refrains from arresting or the offense not No Bail
prosecuting an offender who has committed a prosecuted
crime punishable by reclusion perpetua
and/or death in consideration of any offer,
promise, gift or present.

- If it is the public officer who asks for or

demands such gifts or present. Death No Bail
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BRIGANDAGE (Art.306, as amended by
P.D.532)

-If kidnapping for ransom or extortion, or Death

murder, or homicide or rape is committed as No Bail
a result or on the occasion thereof (Sec. 3(b),
3rd sentence, PD 532)

- If physical injuries or other crimes are Reclusion

committed during or on the occasion of the temporal medium P120,000.00
commission thereof (Sec. 3(b), 2nd sentence, and maximum
PD 532)

- If none of the above attendant Reclusion

circumstances are present (Sec. 3(b), 1st temporal P90,000.00
sentence, PD 532) minimum

Aiding highway robbers/brigands or abetting

highway robbery/brigandage (Art. 307, as
amended by Sec. 4, P.D. 532)
- If the principal has committed kidnapping Reclusion
for ransom or extortion, murder or homicide perpetua No Bail
or rape as a result or on the occasion thereof.

brigandage

- If the principal has committed physical Prision mayor

injuries or other crimes are committed during maximum to P90,000.00
or on the occasion of the highway reclusion temporal
robbery/brigandage minimum.
- If the principal has committed Prision mayor
brigandage/highway robbery without the maximum P72,000.00
above attendant circumstances

COERCION

- Grave coercion (Art. 286, 1st Par. as Prision

amended by R.A. 7890) correccional and
fine not exceeding P36,000.00
P100,000.00
- If the coercion be committed in violation of Prision mayor and
the exercise of the right of suffrage or to fine not exceeding
compel another to perform any religious act P100,000.00 P72,000.00
or to prevent him from exercising such right
or from doing such act (Art. 286, 2nd Par., as
amended by RA 7890)
Arresto mayor
Light coercion (Art. 287, 1st Par.) minimum and fine
equivalent to the Bail Not
value of the thing Required
seized but not less
P15,000.00
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Other coercions or unjust vexations (Art 287, Arresto menor
2nd Par.) and/or fine from Bail Not
 P1,000.00 to Required
P40,000.00

Other similar coercions (Compulsory Arresto mayor

purchase of merchandise and payment of and/or fine from
wages by means of tokens) (Art. 288) P40,000.00 to Bail Not
P100,000.00 Required

COINS. (Making, importing and uttering

false coins, in connivance with
counterfeiters or importers) (Art. 163 as
amended by R.A. 4202 and R.A. 10951)
- If the counterfeited coin be any of the Prision
coinage of the Philippines (Art. 163, Par 1) correctional
minimum and P30,000.00
medium and fine
not exceeding
P400,000.00
- If the counterfeited coin is currency of a Prision
foreign country (Art. 163, Par. 2) correccional
minimum and fine P18,000.00
not exceeding
P200,000.00
Mutilation, defacement or destruction of Prision
coins (Art. 164 as amended by PD 247 and correccional
RA 10951) minimum and fine P18,000.00
not exceeding
P400,000.00

- Importation or utterance of mutilated coins Prision

in connivance with mutilators or importers correctional
(Art. 164) minimum and fine
not exceeding P18,000.00
P400,000.00

Possessing with intent to utter, uttering or

selling false or mutilated coins without
connivance with mutilators or importers (Art.
165)

- Under Art. 163, Par. 1 Arresto mayor

medium and
maximum and Bail Not
fine not exceeding Required
P400,000.00

- Under Art. 163, Par. 2 Arresto mayor

maximum and
fine not exceeding Bail Not
P200,000.00 Required
- Under Art. 164 as amended by PD 247 Arresto Mayor
maximum and
fine not exceeding Bail Not
P400,000.00 Required
Commission of another crime during service Maximum period Page | 11
of penalty imposed for another previous of penalty for new Bail
offense. (Art. 160) felony committed corresponding to
the penalty of the
new felony

COMMUNICATION, Damage and

obstruction to means of (Art. 330)

- Damaging any railway, telegraph or Prision

telephone lines (1st Par.) correccional P36,000.00
medium and
maximum

- If the damage shall result in any

derailments of cars, collisions or other Prision mayor P72,000.00
accident (2nd Par.)

CONCEALING TRUE NAME AND

OTHER PERSONAL
CIRCUMSTANCES OR USING
FICTITIOUS NAME (Art. 178)

- For the purpose of concealing a crime, Arresto mayor and

evading the execution of a judgment causing not fine not Bail Not
damage (Par. 1) exceeding Required
P100,000.00

- Simple concealment (Par. 2) Arresto menor or

fine not exceeding Bail Not
P40,000.00 Required

CONCUBINAGE (Art. 334)

Prision
- For husband (1 Par.)
st
correccional
minimum and P30,000.00
medium

- For concubine (2nd Par.) Destierro Bail Not

Required

CONGRESS

Act tending to prevent the meeting of Prision

Congress and similar bodies (Art. 143) correccional
and/or fine from P36,000.00
P40,000.00 to
P400,000.00
Disturbance of proceeding (Art. 144) Arresto mayor or
fine from Bail Not
P40,00.00 to Required
P200,000.00 Page | 12
Violation of Parliamentary Immunity (Art.
145, 1st phrase) Prision mayor P72,000.00

- Arresting or searching members of the Prision

Congress while it is in session (Art. 145, 2nd correccional P36,000.00
phrase)
Disobedience to summons issued by Arresto mayor
Congress, its committees/subcommittees or and/or fine from
divisions, refusing to be sworn, refusing to P40,000.00 to Bail Not
answer any legal inquiry, restraining another P200,000.00 Required
from attending as a witness and inducing
disobedience. (Art. 150)

CORRESPONDENCE WITH HOSTILE

COUNTRY (Art. 120)

- If correspondence has been prohibited by Prision

the government (No. 1) correcccional P36,000.00

- If correspondence is carried on in ciphers or Prision mayor

conventional signs (No. 2) P72,000.00

- If notice or information be given thereby Reclusion

which might be useful to the enemy (No. 3, temporal P120,000.00
1st sentence)
- If the offender intended to aid the enemy by Reclusion
giving such notice or information (No. 3, 2nd temporal to death
sentence) (death can not be P120,000.00
imposed as a
crime is not
included in RA
7659).

CORRUPTION OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS

(Art. 212)

- Under Arts. 210 and 211 Same penalties as

those in Arts. 210 Same bail as
and 211 those for public
officers in Arts.
210 and 211)

- Under Art. 211-A Same penalties as

those in Art. 211-
A (see pp. 13 and No Bail
14)

COUP D’ ETAT, REBELLION OR

INSURRECTION (Art. 135 as amended
by RA 6968 (See Rebellion page 86)

DEATH or physical injuries under Destierro

exceptional circumstances (Art. 247) Bail Not Page | 13
Required
DELAY IN THE DELIVERY OF
DETAINED PERSONS TO THE
PROPER JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES
(Art. 125, as amended by EO 272

- If delay has not exceeded three days Arresto mayor

maximum to
prision P18,000.00
correccional
minimum
- If delay is more than three days but not Prision
more than fifteen days correccional
medium and P36,000.00
maximum

- If delay is more than fifteen days but not Prision mayor

more than six months P72,000.00

- If delay has exceeded six months Reclusion

temporal P120,000.00

Same penalty as
DELAYING RELEASE (Art. 126) in arbitrary Same bail as in
detention (Art. arbitrary
124) (p.23) detention

DELIVERY of prisoners from jail (Art. 156)

- By means of violence, intimidation or Arresto mayor

bribery (1st Par. 1st sentence) maximum to
prison P18,000.00
correccional
minimum
- By other means (1st Par., 2nd sentence) Arresto mayor
Bail Not
Required

- If the escape of the prisoner shall take place Minimum period

outside of said establishment by means of of arresto mayor
violence, intimidation or bribery (2nd Par. in maximum to P18,000.00
relation to Par. 1, 1st sentence) prision
correcccional
minimum
- If the escape of the prisoner shall take place Arresto mayor
outside of said establishment by other means minimum Bail Not
(Par. 2 in relation to Par. 1, 2nd sentence) Required

DESTROYING or damaging statues or any Arresto mayor

other useful or ornamental public monuments medium to prison
(Art. 331, 1st Par.) correccional P18,000.00
minimum
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DESTROYING or damaging any useful or Arresto menor
ornamental painting of public nature (2nd and/or fine not
Par.) exceeding Bail Not
P200.00 Required

DETENTION. Arbitrary (Art. 124)

- If detention has not exceeded three days Arresto mayor

( No. 1) maximum to
prison P18,000.00
correccional
minimum
- If detention has continued for more than Prision
three days but not more than fifteen days correccional
(No. 2) medium and P36,000.00
maximum
- If detention has continued for more than Prision mayor
three days but not more than fifteen days P72,000.00
(No. 3)
- If detention has exceeded six months (No. Reclusion
4) temporal P120,000.00

DETENTION. Illegal

Serious illegal detention (Art. 267 as Reclusion

amended by R.A. 7659) perpetua to death No Bail

Reclusion
- Frustrated temporal P120,000.00

Prison mayor
-Attempted P72,000.00

If detention was committed for the purpose Death

of extorting ransom (Art. 267, 2nd Par.) or
when the victim is killed or dies or is raped No Bail
or is subjected to torture or dehumanizing
acts (Art. 267, last Par.)
Reclusion
-Frustrated perpetua No Bail

- Attempted Reclusion
temporal P120,000.00

DETENTION, SLIGHT ILLEGAL (Art.

268)

-If attendant circumstances enumerated in Reclusion

Art. 267 are not present; or anyone who shall temporal P120,000.00
furnish the place of detention (1st Par.)

- If offender voluntarily releases the person Prision mayor

so kidnapped or detained within three days minimum and Page | 15
from the commencement of detention medium and fine P60,000.00
without having attained the purposes not exceeding
intended, and before institution of criminal P100,000.00
proceeding against him (2nd Par.)

DISTURBANCES OF PUBLIC ORDERS

(Art. 153)
- Serious disturbance or interruptions (1st Arresto mayor
Par.) medium to prision
correccional
minimum and fine P18,000.00
not exceeding
P200,000.00

- If tumultuous in character (2nd Par.) Prision

correccional
medium to prision
mayor minimum P48,000.00
and fine not
exceeding
P250,000.00
- Making any outcry tending to incite Arresto mayor
rebellion or sedition, or displaying placards Bail Not
or emblems which provoke a disturbance or Required
public order (4th Par.)

- Burying with pomp the body of person who Arresto menor and
has been legally executed (5th Par., Art. 153) fine not exceeding Bail Not
P40,000.00 Required

DOMICILE

Violation of domicile (Art. 128)

Entering any dwelling against the will of the Prision

owner, etc. (1st Par.) correccional P18,000.00
minimum
-If committed at nighttime or if any papers or Prision
effects not constituting evidence of a crime correccional
be not returned immediately after the search medium and P36,000.00
(2nd Par.) maximum

- Searching domicile without witnesses (Art. Arresto mayor

130) medium and Bail Not
maximum Required

DUEL (Art. 260)

- If accused kills his adversary in a duel (1st Reclusion

Par.) temporal P120,000.00

- If accused inflicts physical injuries, he shall Same as in

suffer the penalty therefor according to the physical injuries
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nature of injuries (2nd Par.) (Arts. Same bail
262,263,265,266) under physical
 injuries

- Combatants in a duel, although no physical Arresto mayor

injuries have been inflicted (3rd Par.) Bail Not
Required

- Seconds in duel (4th Par.) One degree lower

than the Bail
corresponding corresponding to
above penalties the penalty

Challenges to a duel, inciting another to a

duel, publicly, scoffing at or decrying Prision
another for having refused to accept the correccional P18,000.00
challenge (Art. 261) minimum

ESPIONAGE (Art. 117)

- Entering a warship, fort, or naval or

military establishment or reservation to
obtain any information, plans, photographs,
or other data of a confidential nature relative
to the defense of the Philippines (No. 1)

- If offender is a private person Prision

correccional P36,000.00

- If offender is a public employee or officer Prison mayor

P72,000.00

- Disclosing to a representative of a foreign Prision mayor

nation contents of articles, data, or
information of confidential nature referred to P72,000.00
in No. 1 which he has in his possession by
reason of the public office he holds (No. 2)

For other forms of espionage, see

Commonwealth Act 616)

ESTAFA (Art. 315, No. 1 (a), (b), and (c);

No. 2 (a), (b), and (c); and by way of
fraudulent means (As amended by R.A.
10951)

If the amount involved is above P26.4 M Maximum Period

of Prision
Correccional P120,000.00
Maximum to (Under RA
Prision Mayor 10951, the
Minimum + 12 penalty for
years = 20 years Estafa shall not
exceed 20 years) Page | 17
- Frustrated Prision P102,000.00
 Correccional
Minimum and
Medium + 12
years = 17 years

- Attempted Arresto Mayor P78,000.00

Medium and
Maximum + 12
years = 13 years
If the amount involved is above P24.4 M to Maximum Period P114,000.00
P26.4 M of Prision
Correccional
Maximum to
Prision Mayor
Minimum + 11
years = 19 years

- Frustrated Prision P96,000.00

Correccional
Minimum and
Medium + 11
years = 16 years
- Attempted Arresto Mayor P72,000.00
Medium and
Maximum + 11
years = 12 years
If the amount involved is above P22.4 M to Maximum Period P108,000.00
P24.4 M of Prision
Correccional
Maximum to
Prision Mayor
Minimum + 10
years = 18 years

- Frustrated Prision P90,000.00

Correccional
Minimum and
Medium + 10
years = 15 years

- Attempted Arresto Mayor P66,000.00

Medium and
Maximum + 10
years = 11 years
If the amount involved is above P20.4 M to Maximum Period P102,000.00
P22.4 M of Prision
Correccional
Maximum to
Prision Mayor
Minimum + 9
years = 17 years
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- Frustrated Prision P84,000.00
Correccional
Minimum and
Medium + 9 years
= 14 years

- Attempted Arresto Mayor P60,000.00

Medium and
Maximum + 9
years = 10 years
If the amount involved is above P18.4 M to Maximum Period P96,000.00
P20.4 M of Prision
Correccional
Maximum to
Prision Mayor
Minimum + 8
years = 16 years

- Frustrated Prision P78,000.00

Correccional
Minimum and
Medium + 8 years
= 13 years

- Attempted Arresto Mayor P54,000.00

Medium and
Maximum + 8
years = 9 years
If the amount involved is above P16.4 M to Maximum Period P90,000.00
P18.4 M of Prision
Correccional
Maximum to
Prision Mayor
Minimum + 7
years = 15 years

- Frustrated Prision P72,000.00

Correccional
Minimum and
Medium + 7 years
= 12 years

- Attempted Arresto Mayor P48,000.00

Medium and
Maximum + 7
years = 8 years
If the amount involved is above P14.4 M to Maximum Period P84,000.00
P16.4 M of Prision
Correccional
Maximum to
Prision Mayor Page | 19
Minimum + 6
years = 14 years
 - Frustrated Prision P66,000.00
Correccional
Minimum and
Medium + 6 years
= 11 years

- Attempted Arresto Mayor P42,000.00

Medium and
Maximum + 6
years = 7 years
If the amount involved is above P12.4 M to Maximum Period P78,000.00
P14.4 M of Prision
Correccional
Maximum to
Prision Mayor
Minimum + 5
years = 13 years

- Frustrated Prision P60,000.00

Correccional
Minimum and
Medium + 5 years
= 10 years

- Attempted Arresto Mayor P36,000.00

Medium and
Maximum + 5
years = 6 years
If the amount involved is above P10.4 M to Maximum Period P72,000.00
P12.4 M of Prision
Correccional
Maximum to
Prision Mayor
Minimum + 4
years = 12 years

- Frustrated Prision P54,000.00

Correccional
Minimum and
Medium + 4 years
= 9 years

- Attempted Arresto Mayor P30,000.00

Medium and
Maximum + 4
years = 5 years
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If the amount involved is above P8.4 M to Maximum Period P66,000.00
of Prision
P10.4 M Correccional
Maximum to
Prision Mayor
Minimum + 3
years = 11 years

- Frustrated Prision P48,0000.00

Correccional
Minimum and
Medium + 3 years
= 8 years

- Attempted Arresto Mayor P24,000.00

Medium and
Maximum + 3
years = 4 years
If the amount involved is above P6.4 M to Maximum Period P60,000.00
P8.4 M of Prision
Correccional
Maximum to
Prision Mayor
Minimum + 2
years = 10 years

- Frustrated Prision P42,000.00

Correccional
Minimum and
Medium + 2 years
= 7 years

- Attempted Arresto Mayor P18,000.00

Medium and
Maximum + 2
years = 3 years
If the amount involved is above P4.4 M to Maximum Period P54,000.00
P6.4 M of Prision
Correccional
Maximum to
Prision Mayor
Minimum + 1
year = 9 years

- Frustrated Prision P36,000.00

Correccional
Minimum and
Medium + 1 year
= 6 years

- Attempted Arresto Mayor P12,000.00

Medium and Page | 21
Maximum + 1
 year = 2 years
If the amount involved is above P2.4 M to Prision P48,000.00
P4.4 M Correccional
Maximum to
Prision Mayor
Minimum

- Frustrated Prision P30,000.00

Correccional
Minimum and
Medium

- Attempted Arresto Mayor Bail is not

Medium and required
Maximum
If the amount involved is above P1.2 M to Prision P30,000.00
P2.4 M Correccional
Minimum and
Medium

- Frustrated Arresto Mayor Bail is not

Medium and required
Maximum

- Attempted Arresto Mayor Bail is not

Minimum or required
Destierro
Maximum
If the amount involved is above P40K to Arresto Mayor P18,000.00
P1.2 M Maximum to
Prision
Correccional
Minimum

- Frustrated Arresto Mayor Bail is not

Minimum and required
Medium

- Attempted Destierro Medium Bail is not

to Maximum required

If the amount involved is P40K or less Arresto Mayor Bail is not

Medium and required
Maximum

- Frustrated Arresto Mayor Bail is not

Minimum or required
Destierro
Maximum Page | 22

- Attempted Destierro Bail is not

 Minimum to required
Medium
ESTAFA (Art. 315, Par. 2(d) as amended by
R.A. 10951)
If the amount involved is above P 8.8 M Reclusion No Bail
Perpetua

- Frustrated Reclusion P120,000.00

Temporal

- Attempted Prision Mayor P72,000.00

If the amount involved is above P4.4 M to Reclusion P120,000.00
P8.8 M Temporal
Maximum

- Frustrated Reclusion P108,000.00

Temporal
Medium

- Attempted Reclusion P90,000.00

Temporal
Minimum
If the amount involved is above P2.4 M to Reclusion P108,000.00
P4.4 M Temporal
Minimum and
Medium
- Frustrated Prision Mayor P72,000.00
Medium and
Maximum

- Attempted Prision P48,000.00

Correccional
Maximum to
Prision Mayor
Minimum
If the amount involved is above P1.2 M to Prision Mayor P72,000.00
P2.4 M Maximum

- Frustrated Prision Mayor P60,000.00

Medium

- Attempted Prision Mayor P48,000.00

Minimum
If the amount involved is above P40K to Prision Mayor P20,000.00
P1.2 M Medium

- Frustrated Prision Mayor P16,000.00

Minimum

- Attempted Prision P12,000.00

Correccional
Maximum
If the amount involved is P40K or less Prision Mayor P16,000.00 Page | 23
Minimum
 - Frustrated Prision P12,000.00
Correccional
Maximum

- Attempted Prision P10,000.00

Correccional
Medium
OTHER FORMS OF SWINDLING (Art. Arresto mayor Bail Not
316) minimum and Required
medium and fine
not less than the
value of damage
but not exceeding
3x such value
SWINDLING OF MINOR (Art. 317) Arresto mayor and Bail Not
fine not less than Required
10% but not to
exceed 50% of the
value of
obligation
contracted by the
minor
OTHER DECEITS (Art. 318, 1 par.) st
Arresto mayor and Bail Not
fine not less than Required
the value of the
damage nor more
than twice such
value
- Interpreting dreams, making forecasts, Arresto menor or Bail Not
telling fortunes for profit or gain (2nd par.) fine not exceeding Required
(As amended by R.A. 10951) P40,000.00
ESTAFA THRU FALSIFICATION OF
PUBLIC, OFFICIAL OR
COMMERCIAL DOCUMENTS (Art. 315
in relation to Arts. 171 and 48) (As amended
by R.A. 10951)

If committed by a public officer, employee,

notary or ecclesiastical minister
If the amount of fraud is P12.4M or more Apply the Same bail as
maximum period estafa
of the penalty of
estafa
corresponding to
the amount of
fraud
- Frustrated Apply the Same bail as in
maximum period frustrated estafa
of penalty for
frustrated estafa
- Attempted Apply the Same bail as in
maximum period attempted estafa
of penalty for
attempted estafa Page | 24
- If the amount of fraud is less than P12.4M Prision mayor P72,000.00
 maximum and
fine of not
exceeding
P1,000,000.00
(maximum
penalty for
falsification)
- Frustrated Prision mayor P60,000.00
medium and fine
of P750,000.00
- Attempted Prision mayor P48,000.00
minimum and fine
of P500,000.00
- If committed by a private individual (Art.
315 in relation to Arts. 172 & 48) (As
amended by R.A. 10951)
- If the amount of fraud exceeds P2.4M Apply the Same bail as
maximum period estafa
of the penalty of
estafa
corresponding to
the amount of
fraud
- Frustrated Apply the Same bail as in
maximum period frustrated estafa
of penalty for
frustrated estafa
- Attempted Apply the Same bail as in
maximum period attempted estafa
of penalty for
attempted estafa
- If the amount of fraud is P2.4M or less Maximum period P36,000.00
of prision
correccional
medium and
maximum and
fine of
P1,000,000.00
- Frustrated Medium period of P30,000.00
prision
correccional
medium and
maximum and
fine of 750,000.00
- Attempted Minimum period P24,000.00
of prision
correccional
medium and
maximum and
fine of
P500,000.00

EVASION OF SERVICE OF SENTENCE Page | 25

(Art. 157)
If committed during the term of imprisonment Prision
by a final judgment (1st sentence) correccional P36,000.00
medium and
maximum

- Frustrated Arresto mayor

maximum to P18,000.00
prision
correccional
minimum

- Attempted Arresto mayor

minimum and Bail Not
medium Required

- If evasion takes place by unlawful entry, Prision

breaking doors, windows, gates, walls, roofs, correccional P36,000.00
or floors, or using picklocks, false keys, maximum
disguise, deceit, violence or intimidation or
through connivance with other convicts or
employees of the penal institution (2nd
sentence)

- Frustrated Prision
correccional P30,000.00
medium

- Attempted Prision
correccional P18,000.00
minimum

1/5 of the time

- If committed on the occasion of disorders, still remaining to
conflagrations, earthquakes, or other be served under Bail Not
calamities (Art. 158, 1st Par.) the original Required
sentence but not
to exceed 6
months

Other cases of evasion of service of sentence Prision

(Art. 159, 1st sentence) correccional P18,000.00
minimum

Bail
- If the penalty remitted by the granting of Unexpired corresponding to
such pardon be higher than six years (Art. portion of the unexpired
159, 2nd sentence) original sentence portion of
original sentence
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EVASION, Public Officer conniving with or
consenting to (Art. 223)

- If the fugitives shall have been sentenced by Prision

final judgment (No.1) correccional P36,000.00
medium and
maximum

- If the fugitives is only a detention prisoner Prision

(No.2) correccional P18,000.00
minimum

Evasion through negligence of public officer Arresto mayor

(Art. 224) maximum to P18,000.00
prision
correccional
minimum

Escape of prisoner under custody of a person Arresto mayor

not a public officer (Art. 225 in relation to maximum to P18,000.00
Art. 223, No. 1) prision
correccional
minimum

Escape etc. (Art. 225 in relation to Art. 223, Arresto mayor Bail Not
No. 2) maximum Required

Escape etc. (Art. 225 in relation to Art. 224) Arresto mayor Bail Not
minimum and Requried
medium

EXPULSION of a person from the Prision

Philippines or compelling a person to change correccional P36,000.00
residence (Art. 127)

FALSE TESTIMONY (As amended by RA

10951)

False testimony against a defendant in a

criminal case (Art. 180)

- If defendant in said case has been sentenced Reclusion P120,000.00

to death (No. 1) temporal

- If defendant in said case has been sentenced Prision mayor P72,000.00

to reclusion temporal or perpetua (No. 2)
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- If defendant has been sentenced to any other Prision
afflicted penalty correccional P36,000.00
(No. 3) and fine not
exceeding
P200,000.00

- If defendant has been sentenced to a Arresto mayor

correctional penalty or a fine, or acquitted and fine not Bail Not
(No. 4) exceeding Required
P200,000.00

False testimony favorable to the defendant in

a criminal case (Art. 181)

- If prosecution is for a felony punishable by Arresto mayor

an afflictive penalty (1st clause) maximum to P18,000.00
prision
correccional
minimum and
fine not
exceeding
P200,000,00

- If prosecution is for a felony punishable by a Arresto mayor Bail Not

penalty lower than afflictive (2nd clause) Required

False testimony in civil case (Art. 182) (As

Amended by RA 10951)

- If the amount of controversy shall exceed Prision

P1,000,000.00 (1st clause) correcccional P18,000.00
minimum and
fine not
exceeding
P1,200,000.00

-If the amount of controversy does not exceed Arresto mayor

P1,000,000.00 or cannot be estimated (2nd maximum to
clause) prision P18,000.00
correccional
minimum and
fine not
exceeding
P200,000.00

False testimony made under oath, or in an Arresto mayor

affidavit, and not included in the provisions of maximum to P18,000.00
Arts. 180 to 182 (Art. 183, 1st Par.) prision Page | 28
correccional
minimum
- Perjury in solemn affirmation (Art. 183, 2nd Same penalty as Same bail as in
Par.) in Arts. 180-182 Arts. 180-182 &
and 183 1st Par. 183 1st par.
which ever is whichever is
applicable applicable

Offering false testimony in evidence (Art. Same penalty as Same bail as in

184) in Arts. 180-183 Arts. 180-183
whichever is whichever is
applicable applicable

FALSIFICATION (As amended by R.A.

10951)

Falsification of legislative documents (Art. Prision

170) correccional P36,000.00
maximum and
fine not
exceeding
P1,200,000.00

Falsification of documents by public officer Prision mayor

employee, notary or ecclesiastical minister and fine not P72,000.00
(Art. 171) exceeding
P1,000,000.00

Falsification of Private individual (Art. 172)

- Of any public, official, or commercial Prision

document (No. 1) correcccional P36,000.00
medium and
maximum and
fine not
exceeding
P1,000,000.00

- Of any private document with intent to cause Prision

damage or to the damage of a third person correcccional P36,000.00
Art. 172 (No. 2) medium and
maximum
and fine not
exceeding
P1,000,000.00

- Use and introduction in evidence of falsified Arresto mayor

document (Art. 172, last Part.) maximum to P18,000.00 Page | 29
prision
 correccional
minimum and
fine not
exceeding
P750,000.00

Falsification of wireless cable, telegraph, and prision P36,000.00

telephone messages (Art. 173,1st Par.) correccional
medium and
maximum

- Use of falsified dispatch (2nd Par.) Arresto mayor

maximum to P18,000.00
prision
correccional
minimum

False medical certificates (Art. 174, No. 1) Arresto mayor

and false certificate of merit or service, good maximum to P18,000.00
conduct or similar circumstances (No. 2) prision
correccional
minimum and
fine not
exceeding
P200,000.00

- When committed by a private person (2nd Arresto mayor Bail Not

Par.) Required

Using false medical certificate or false Arresto mayor Bail Not

certificate of merit or service, or good conduct Required
or similar circumstances (Art. 175)

Making or introducing into the Philippines prision

any stamps, dies, marks or other instruments correccional P36,000.00
or implements intended for counterfeiting or medium and
falsification (Art. 176, 1st Par.) maximum and
fine not
exceeding
P1,000,000.00

- Possession of instruments or implements Aresto mayor

with intent to use them for falsification or maximum to P18,000.00
counterfeiting (2nd Par.) prision
correccional
minimum and
fine not Page | 30
exceeding
P750,000.00
FICTITIOUS NAME, Using (Art. 178)

- For the purpose of concealing a crime, Aresto mayor

evading the execution of judgment, or causing and fine not Bail Not
damage (1st Par.) exceeding Required
P100,000.00

- Simple concealment (2nd Par.) Arresto menor or Bail Not

fine not Required
exceeding
P40,000.00

FIREARMS, Illegal Discharge of (Art. 254) Prision

correccional P30,000.00
minimum and
medium

Illegal possession of Firearms, etc. (see RA

10591)

FLIGHT TO ENEMY’S COUNTRY (Art. Arresto mayor Bail Not

121) Required

FORGERIES

Counterfeiting the great seal of the Reclusion P120,000.00

government of forging the signature or stamp temporal
of the Chief Executive (Ar. 161)

Using forged signature or counterfeit seal or Prision mayor P72,000.00

stamp of the Chief Executive (Art. 162)

Making or counterfeiting coins (ART. 163,

see Coins,

Mutilation of Coins (Art. 164 as amended by

PD 247 and RA 10951)

Forging treasury or bank note or other

documents payable to bearer, importing, and
uttering forged notes and documents in
connivance with forgers or importers (Art.
166 as amended by RA 10951)
Reclusion
- If document is an obligation or security of temporal P90,000.00
the Philippines (No. 1) minimum and Page | 31
fine not
 exceeding
P2,000,000.00

- If the forged or altered document is a Prision mayor

circulation note issued by any banking maximum and P72,000.00
institution (No. 2) fine not
exceeding
P1,000,000.00

- If the falsified or counterfeited document Prision mayor P60,000.00

was issued by foreign government (No. 3) medium and fine
not exceeding
P1,000,000.00

- If the forged or altered document is a Prision mayor

circulating note or bill issued by a foreign minimum and P48,000.00
bank (No. 4) fine not
exceeding
P400,000.00

Counterfeiting, importing and uttering Prision

instruments, payable to order or not payable to correccional P36,000.00
bearer in connivance with forgers or importers medium and
(Art. 167) maximum and
fine not
exceeding
P1,200,000.00

Illegal possession with intent to use or use of

false treasury or bank notes and other One degree lower
instruments or credit without connivance with than that
forgers or importers (Art. 168 in relation to provided in Art.
Art. 166 No. 1) 166

- If document is an obligation or security of Prision mayor P72,000.00

the Philippines (Art. 168 in relation to Art. maximum and
166, No. 1) fine not
exceeding
P1,500,000.00

- If the forged or altered document is a Prision mayor P60,0000.00

circulating note or bill issued by any banking medium and fine
institution (Art. 168 in relation to Art. 166, not exceeding
No. 2) P750,000.00

- If the falsified or counterfeited document Prision mayor P48,000.00

was issued by a foreign government (Art. 168 minimum and
in relation to Art. 166 No. 3) fine not Page | 32
exceeding
P750,000.00
- If the forged or altered document is a Prision
circulating note or bill issued by a foreign correccional P36,000.00
bank (Art. 168 in relation to Art. 166 No. 4) maximum
and fine not
exceeding
P300,000.00

Counterfeiting, importing and uttering Arresto mayor

instruments payable to order or not payable to maximum to P18,000.00
bearer (Art. 168 in relation to Art. 167) prision
correccional
minimum
and fine not
exceeding
P900,000.00

FRAUDS against the treasury or fraud in the Prision

collection of taxes, licenses and fees (Art. correccional P48,000.00
213) medium to
prision mayor
minimum and/or
fine from
P40,000.00 to
P2,000,000.00

GAMBLING (see PD 1602 as amended by

RA 9287

GRAVE SCANDAL (Art. 200) Arresto mayor Bail Not

and public Required
censure

In addition to the In addition to the

HABITUAL Delinquency (Art. 62, sub-Par. penalty for the bail for the last
5) last crime crime committed
committed but but the total shall
the total penalty not exceed
shall not exceed P180,000.00
30 years

- Upon a third conviction [Sub-Par. 5(a)] Prision

correccional P36,000.00
medium and
maximum

- Upon a fourth conviction [Sub-Par. 5(b)] Prision P30,000.00

correccional
minimum and Page | 33
medium
- Upon a fifth conviction [Sub-Par. 5(c)] Prision mayor P90,000.00
maximum to
reclusion
temporal
minimum

HOMICIDE (Art 249) Reclusion P120,000.00

temporal

- Frustrated Prision mayor P72,000.00

- Attempted Prision P36,000.00

correccional

Homicide where victims is under 12 years of Reclusion

age. See RA 7610 perpetua

Homicide, reckless imprudence resulting in

(Art. 365, see Imprudence)

IMMORAL doctrines, obscene publications Prision mayor P72,000.00

and exhibitions, and indecent shows (Art. 201 and/or fine from
as amended by PDs 960 and 969 and RA to P20,000.00 to
10951) P200,000.00

IMPORTATION, Sale or disposition of Prision

articles or merchandise of gold, silver or other correccional P36,000.00
precious metals or their alloys, with stamps, and/or fine from
brands, or marks which dfaill to indicate to P40,000.00 to
actual fineness or quality of said metals or P200,000.00
their alloys (Art. 187)

IMPOSSSIBLE CRIME (Art. 59) Arresto mayor or Bail Not

fine from to Required
P200.00 to
P500.00

IMPRUDENCE, Reckless (Art. 365, 1st

Par.)

- If the act would have constituted a grave Arresto mayor P30,000.00

felony (1st phrase) maximum to
prision
correccional
medium

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- If the act would have constituted a less grave Arresto mayor Bail Not
felony (2nd phrase) minimum and Required
medium

- If the act would have constituted a light Arresto menor Bail Not
felony (3rd phrase) maximum Required

- Reckless imprudence causing damage to Fine ranging One fourth (1/4)

property (3rd Par.) from the value of of the value of
the damage to 3 the damage but
times such value not to exceed
but in no case be P30,000.00
less than P25.00 except when
covered by the
Rules of
Summary
Procedure

- Reckless imprudence resulting in homicide Prision 1-5 deaths

and with violation of motor vehicle, (6th Par., correccional P60,000.00;
No. 2) medium and 6-10 deaths
maximum P80,000.00;
10 or more
deaths
P100,000.00

Bail
- Failure of the offender to lend a hand on the One degree corresponding to
spot to his victim (last Par.) higher than the the applicable
above penalties penalty
mentioned above
Reckless Imprudence Resulting in Slight Bail not required
Physical Injuries and Damage to Property
Reckless Imprudence Resulting in Less Bail not required
Serious Physical Injuries and Damage to
Property

Reckless Imprudence Resulting in Serious

Physical Injuries and Damage to Property

Under par. 1, Art. 263, RPC Php 30,000.00

Under par. 2, 3 and 4 , Art. 263 Bail not required

* Irrespective of the amount of damage

caused

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IMPRUDENCE, Simple (Art. 365, 2nd Par.)

- If the act would have constituted grave Arresto mayor Bail Not
felony (1st phrase) medium and Required
maximum

- If the act would have constituted a less Arresto mayor Bail Not
serious felony (2nd phrase) minimum Required

- Simple imprudence causing damage to Fine ranging from One fourth

property (3rd Par.) the value of the (1/4) of the
damage to 3 times value of the
such value but in damage but not
no case be less to exceed
than P5,000.00 P30,000.00
except when
covered by the
Rules of
Summary
Procedure

- If the act would have constituted a light Fine not exceeding Bail Not
felony (Art. 365, 4th Par.) P40,000.00 and Required
censure

- Simple imprudence resulting to homicide Prision

and with violation of Automobile Law (Art. correccional P36,000.00
365, 6th Par., No. 2) medium and
maximum

- Failure of the offender to lend a hand on the One degree higher Bail
spot to his victim (Art. 365, last Par.) than the above corresponding
penalties to the penalty

INCRIMATING INNOCENT PERSON Arresto mayor Bail Not

(Art. 363) Required

INFANTICIDE (Art. 255)

If circumstances of parricide/murder be Reclusion perpetua No Bail

present (1st Par.) to death

- Frustrated Reclusion P200,000.00

temporal
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 - Attempted Prision mayor P120,000.00

If committed by the mother to conceal her Prision mayor P120,000.00

dishonor (2nd Par., 1st Phrase) medium and
maximum

Prision correccional
- Frustrated maximum to P80,000.00
prision mayor
minimum
Prision correccional
- Attempted minimum and P50,000.00
medium

If committed by maternal grandparents of Reclusion temporal P200,000.00

child to conceal mother’s dishonor (2nd Par.,
2nd phrase)

- Frustrated Prision mayor P120,000.00

- Attempted Prision correccional P60,000.00

INSOLVENCY, Fraudulent (Art. 314)

- If accused is a merchant Prision mayor P72,000.00

- If accused is not a merchant Prision correccional P60,000.00

maximum to
prision mayor
medium

INTRIGUING AGAINST HONOR (Art. Arresto menor or Bail Not

364) fine not exceeding Required
P20,000.00

Arresto mayor
INVOLUNTARY Servitude (Art. 274) maximum to P18,000.00
prision correccional
minimum

JUDGES, crimes committed by

Knowingly rendering unjust judgment Prision mayor P72,000.00

(Art. 204)
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Unjust judgment thru negligence (Art. 205) Arresto mayor Bail Not
Required

Unjust interlocutory order (Art. 206) Arresto mayor Bail Not

minimum Required

Malicious delay in the administration of Prision correccional P18,000.00

justice (Art. 207) minimum

Usurpation or obstruction by a judge of Arresto mayor P18,000.00

executive functions (Art. 240) medium to Prision
correccional
minimum

KIDNAPPING (Art. 267, 1st Par.) Reclusion perpetua No Bail

to death

- Frustrated Reclusion temporal P200,000.00

- Attempted Prision mayor P120,000.00

If kidnapping is for ransom 2nd Par.); or if

victim is killed or dies is raped or tortured (3rd Death No Bail
Par.)

Prision correccional
LIBEL, by means of writing or similar means minimum and
(Art. 355) medium and/or fine P30,000.00
from to P40,000.00
( See Cyber Libel, RA 10175) to P1,200,000.00

Threatening to publish a libel or offering to Arresto mayor

prevent libelous publication for a and/or fine from to Bail Not
compensation (Art. 356) P40,000.00 to Required
P400,000.00

Publishing facts connected with the private Arresto mayor

life of another and offensive o the honor, and/or fine from to Bail Not
virtue and reputation of said person (Art. 357) P40,000.00 to Required
P200,000.00

MALICIOUS MISCHIEF

Special cases of malicious mischief (Art. 328

as amended by RA 10951)
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- If value of damage exceeds P200,000.00 Prision correccional P30,000.00
(No. 1) minimum and
medium

- If value of damage is over P40,000.00 but Arresto mayor Bail Not

does not exceed P200,000.00 (No. 2) Required

- If value of damage does not exceed Arresto menor Bail Not

P40,000.00 (No. 3) Required

Other Mischief (Art.329 as amended by RA

10951)

- If value of damage exceeds P200,000.00 Arresto mayor Bail Not

(No. 1) medium and Required
maximum

Arresto ,mayor
- If value of damage is over P40,000.00 but minimum and Bail Not
does not exceed P200,000.00 (No. 2) medium Required

Arresto menor or
- If the value of damage does not exceed fine of not less than Bail Not
P40,000.00 or cannot be estimated (No. 3) the value of the Required
damage and not
more than
P40,000.00

Damage and obstruction to means of

communications (Art. 330)

- Damaging railway, telegraph/telephone lines Prision correctional P36,000.00

(1st Par.) medium and
maximum

- If damage results in derailment of cars, Prision mayor P72,000.00

collision or other accident (2nd Par).

Destroying or damaging statues, public

monuments or paintings (Art. 331)

- Destroying/damaging statues or other useful Arresto mayor P18,000.00

or ornamental public monument (1st Par.) medium to prision
correccional
minimum

- Destroying/damaging useful or ornamental Arresto menor Bail Not

painting of a public nature (2nd Par.) and/or fine not Required
exceeding
P40,000.00

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MALTREATMENT (Art. 266, par. 3) (As Arresto menor Bail Not
amended by R.A. 10951) minimum and/or Required
 fine not exceeding
P5,000.00

Maltreatment of prisoner (Art. 235) Prision correccional P48,000.00

medium to prision
mayor minimum

MALVERSATION (Art. 217) (As amended

by RA 10951)
If the amount involved is above P8.8M Reclusion Perpetua No Bail

- Frustrated Reclusion P120,000.00

Temporal

- Attempted Prision Mayor P72,000.00

If the amount involved is above P4.4 M to Reclusion P120,000.00

P8.8M Temporal
Maximum

- Frustrated Reclusion P108,000.00

Temporal Medium

- Attempted Reclusion P90,000.00

Temporal
Minimum

If the amount involved is above P2.4M to Reclusion temporal P120,000.00

P4.4M medium and
maximum

- Frustrated Prision Mayor P90,000.00

Maximum to
Reclusion
Temporal
Minimum

- Attempted Prision Mayor P60.000.00

Minimum and
Medium

If the amount involved is above P1.2M to Prision Mayor P90,000.00

P2.4M Maximum to
Reclusion
Temporal
Minimum

- Frustrated Prision Mayor P60,000.00

Minimum and
Medium Page | 40

- Attempted Prision P36,000.00

 Correccional
Medium and
Maximum

If the amount involved is above P40K to Prision Mayor P60,000.00

P1.2M Minimum and
Medium

- Frustrated Prision P36,000.00

Correccional
Medium and
Maximum

- Attempted Arresto Mayor P18,000.00

Maximum to
Prision
Correccional
Minimum

If the amount involved is P40K or less Prision P36,000.00

Correccional
Medium and
Maximum

- Frustrated Arresto Mayor P18,000.00

Maximum to
Prision
Correccional
Minimum

- Attempted Arresto Mayor Bail is not

Minimum and required
Medium

MALVERSATION THRU
FALSIFICATION (Art. 217 as amended by
RA 10951 in relation to Arts. 171 and 48)
If the amount involved is above P8.8M Reclusion Perpetua No Bail

- Frustrated Maximum period P120,000.00

of reclusion
temporal

- Attempted Maximum period P72,000.00

of prision mayor

If the amount involved is above P4.4 M to Maximum period P120,000.00

P8.8M of reclusion
temporal maximum

- Frustrated Maximum period P108,000.00

of reclusion Page | 41
temporal medium
- Attempted Maximum period P90,000.00
of reclusion
temporal minimum

If the amount involved is above P2.4M to Reclusion temporal P120,000.00

P4.4M maximum

- Frustrated Reclusion P90,000.00

Temporal
Minimum

- Attempted Prision Mayor P60.000.00

Medium

If the amount involved is above P1.2M to Reclusion P90,000.00

P2.4M Temporal
Minimum

- Frustrated Prision Mayor P60,000.00

Medium

- Attempted Prision P36,000.00

Correccional
Maximum

If the amount involved is P1.2M or less Prision mayor P72,000.00

maximum and fine
of P1,000,000.00
(maximum period
of the penalty for
falsification under
Art. 171)
- Frustrated Prision mayor P60,000.00
medium and fine of
P750,000.00
- Attempted Prision mayor P48,000.00
minimum and fine
of P500,000.00

MARRIAGE CONTRACTED AGAINST Prision correccional P36,000.00

PROVISIONS OF LAWS (Art. 350, 1st medium and
Par.) maximum

If consent is obtained through violence, Maximum period P36,000.00

intimidation or fraud (2nd Par.) of prision
correccional
medium and
maximum

MARRIAGE. Premature (Art. 351)

(Repealed by RA 10655)
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Illegal Marriage Ceremony (Art. 352) (See

Act 3613)

MEETINGS; Prohibition, Interruption and Prision correccional P18.000.00

Dissolution of Peaceful (Art. 131) minimum

MINORS, Crimes against

Failure to return a minor to his parents or

guardians (Art. 270)

-If committed by any person other than any of Reclusion perpetua No Bail
the parents entrusted with custody of the
minor (Art. 270)

-If committed by the father or mother of the Arresto mayor Bail Not
minor (Art. 271, 2nd Par.) and/or fine not Required
exceeding
P40,000.00

Inducing a minor to abandon his home

(Art. 271)

- If committed by any person other than the Prision correccional

parents (1st Par.) and fine not P36,000.00
exceeding
P100,000.00

-If committed by the father or mother of the Arresto mayor Bail Not
minor (2nd Par.) and/or fine not Required
exceeding
P40,000.00

Other crimes against minors. (see RA 7610, as

amended by RA 7658 and RA 9231, pp.
_________)

Prision correccional
Exploitation of child labor (Art. 273) minimum and P30,000.00
medium and fine
not exceeding
P500.00

Failure to deliver found abandoned child Arresto mayor Bail Not

under seven years of age to the authorities or Required
to his family or shall fail to take him to a safe
place (Art. 275, No. 3)
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Abandonment of a child under seven years of Arresto mayor and Bail Not
age the custody of which is incumbent upon fine not exceeding Required
him (Art. 276, 1st Par.) P100,000.00

- If death of such minor results from such Prision correccional P36,000.00

abandonment (2nd Par. 1st phrase) maximum and
medium

- If the life of such minor shall have been in Prision correccional

danger only (2nd Par,. 2nd phase) minimum and P30,000.00
medium

Abandonment of minor by person entrusted Arresto mayor and

with his custody, neglect of parents to give fine not exceeding Bail Not
education to minor (Art. 277) (see also Pd P100,000.00 Required
603)
Prision correccional
minimum and
Exploitation of minors (ART. 278) medium and fine P30,000.00
not exceeding
P100,000.00

Corruption of minors (Art. 340) Prision mayor P72,000.00

- If victims is below 12 years old (Art. 340 as Reclusion temporal P200,000.00

amended by Sec. 10 of RA 7610)

MONOPOLY and combinations in restraint

of trade (Art. 186) (Repealed by RA 10667)

MORTGAGED PROPERTY, removal, sale Arresto mayor or Bail Not

or pledge of (Art. 319) fine twice the value Required
property

MURDER (Art. 248) Reclusion perpetua No Bail

to death

- Frustrated Reclusion temporal P200,000.00

- Attempted Prision mayor P120,000.00

Direct Assault with Murder (see Assault)

MUTILATION (Art. 262)

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- Depriving another either totally or partially Reclusion temporal P120,000.00
of some essential organ for reproduction (1st to reclusion
Par.) perpetua

- Any other intentional mutilation (2nd Par.) Prision mayor P72,000.00

medium and
maximum

- If victim is under 12 years of age (Sec. 10 6th Reclusion perpetua No Bail

Par., 1st sentence, RA 7610)

MUTINITY ON THE HIGH SEAS (Art. Reclusion perpetua No Bail

122, 2nd Par.)

NEGLIGENCE IN PROSECUTION of Prision correccional P18,000.00

offenses or tolerance of offenses (Art. 208) minimum

NEGLIGENCE, Simple (Art. 365, 2nd Par.)

- If would have constituted grave felony (1st Arresto mayor Bail Not
Phrase) medium and Required
maximum

- If would have constituted a less serious Arresto mayor Bail Not

felony (2nd phrase) minimum Required

Simple negligence causing damage to Fine ranging from One fourth

property (3rd Par.) the value of the (1/4) of the
damage to 3 times value of the
such value but in damage but
no case be less than not to exceed
P5,000.00 P30,000.00
except when
covered by the
Rules of
Summary
Procedure

- If would have constituted a light felony (4th Fine not exceeding Bail Not
Par.) P40,000.00 and Required
censure

Negligence resulting in homicide and with Prision correccional P36,000.00

violation of the automobile law (6th Par., No medium and
2) maximum

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Failure of offender to lend a hand on the spot One degree higher Bail
to his victim (last Par,) than the above corresponding
penalties to the penalty

NEUTRALITY, Violation (Art. 119) Prision correccional P36,000.00

PARDON, conditional; violation of (Art. Prision correccional P18,000.00

159) minimum

PARRICIDE (Art. 246) Reclusion perpetua No Bail

to death

- Frustrated Reclusion temporal P200,000.00

- Attempted Prision mayor P120,000.00

PERJURY (Art. 183) Arresto mayor

maximum to P18,000.00
prision correccional
minimum

PHYSICAL INJURIES, Serious (Art. 263)

Ordinary Serious Physical Injuries

- If a consequence of the physical injuries the Prision mayor P72,000.00

person becomes imbecile, impotent or blind
(No. 1)

- If a victim is under 12 years of age (Sec. 10, Reclusion perpetua No Bail

6th Par., 1st sentence, RA 7610)

Physical injuries (Art. 263)

- If person injured shall have lost the use of Prision

speech or the power to hear or to smell, or correccional P36,000.00
shall have lost an eye, a hand, a foot, an arm, medium and
or a leg or shall have lost the use thereof, or maximum
shall have been ill or incapacitated for the
work in which he was habitually engaged (No.
2)

- If person injured shall have become

deformed, or shall have lost any other part of Prision
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his body, or shall have lost the use thereof, or correccional P30,000.00
shall have been ill or incapacitated for the minimum and
performance of the work in which he was medium
habitually engaged for a period of more than
ninety days (No. 3)
- If the physical injuries shall have caused the
illness or incapacity for labor of the injured Arresto mayor P18,000.00
person for more than 30 days (No. 4, 1st Par.) maximum to
prision
correccional
minimum

QUALIFIED SERIOUS PHYSICAL

INJURIES
- If it shall have been committed with the
attendant circumstances of parricide or Reclusion P120,000.00
murder and the injured person becomes temporal medium
insane, imbecile, impotent or blind (No. 4, 2nd and maximum
Par., 1st phrase)
- If it shall have been committed with the
attendant circumstances of parricide or Prision P48,000.00
murder and the injured person loses use of correccional
speech, power to hear or to smell, or shall maximum to
have lost an eye, a hand, a foot, an arm or a prision mayor
leg or shall have become incapacitated for the minimum
work in which he was therefore habitually
engaged (No.4, 2nd Par., 2nd phrase)
- If it shall have been committed with the
attendant circumstances of parricide or Prision P36,000.00
murder and the injured person shall have lost correccional
any other part of his body, or shall have been medium and
ill or incapacitated from work for more than maximum
ninety days (No. 4, 2nd Par.,3rd phrase)
- If committed against any of the persons Prision
enumerated in Art. 246 (parricide) or with the correccional P30,000.00
attendant circumstances in Art. 248 (murder) minimum and
and if the injured person shall have been medium
incapacitated for the labor for more than thirty
days (No. 4, 2nd Par., 4th phrase)
- Inflicting serious physical injuries by
knowingly administering any injuries Same penalties as Same bail as in
substance or beverages or by taking advantage in art. 263 Art. 263
of victim’s weakness of mind or credulity
(Art. 264)
Serious physical injuries inflicted under Destierro
exceptional circumstances (Art. 247) Bail Not
Required

PHYSICAL INJURIES, less serious (Art.

265)
- If the injuries shall incapacitate the offended
party for the labor for ten days or more but not Arresto mayor Bail Not
more than thirty days, or shall require medical Required
attendance for same period (1st Par.)
- If the injuries shall have been inflicted with Arresto mayor and Page | 47
manifest intent to insult or offend the injured fine not exceeding Bail Not
person, or under circumstances adding P50,000.00 Required
ignominy to the offense (2nd Par.)
-If the injuries shall have been inflicted upon Prision
the offender’s parents, ascendants, guardians, correccional P30,000.00
curators, teachers, or persons of rank or minimum and
persons in authority (3rd Par.) medium

PHYSICAL INJURIES, SLIGHT (Art.

266)

- If the injuries shall incapacitate the offended Arresto menor Bail Not
party for labor from one to nine days, or shall Required
require medical attendance during the same
period (No. 1)

- If the injuries do not prevent the offended Arresto menor or Bail Not
party from engaging in his habitual work nor fine not exceeding Required
require medical attendance (No. 2) P40,000.00 and
censure

- When the offender shall ill treat another by Arresto menor Bail Not
deed without causing injury (maltreatment) minimum or fine Required
(No. 3) not exceeding
P5,000.00

PICKLOCKS OR SIMILAR TOOLS;

Illegal possession and making of (Art. 304)

- Possession or making (1st and 2nd Par., 1st Arresto mayor P18,000.00
sentence) maximum to
prision
correccional
minimum
- If the offender is a locksmith who makes
such tools (2nd Par., 2nd sentence) Prision P36,000.00
correccional
medium and
maximum

PIRACY in general (Art. 122) Reclusion perpetua No Bail

- Frustrated Reclusion P200,000.00

temporal

- Attempted Prision mayor P120,000.00

PIRACY. Qualified (Art. 123) Reclusion perpetua No Bail

to death

- Frustrated Reclusion P200,000.00

temporal
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- Attempted Prision mayor P120,000.00
If the value of property stolen is above P4.2M Reclusion temporal
PROSECUTION
to P5.2M OF OFFENSES; Prision
in its medium and P18,000.00
No Bail
Negligence and tolerance (Art. 208) correccional
maximum + 3
minimum
years = 23 years of
reclusion
Arresto perpetua
menor or Bail Not
PROSTITUTION (Art. 202) fine
Prision
not exceeding
mayor Required
- Attempted P20,000.00
minimum and P78,000.00
medium + 3 years
- In case of recidivism = 13 years
Arresto mayor of
reclusion
medium totemporal
prision
If the value of property stolen is above P3.2M Reclusion temporal
correccional P18,000.00
toPROHIBITED
P4.2M INTEREST, possession of; in its medium
minimum
Arresto and/or
mayor and No Bail
committed by public officers, experts, maximum
fine from +
medium to prision 2
arbitrators, private accountants, guardians, years = 22 to
P20,000.00
correccional years of
and executors (Art. 216) reclusion
200,000.00 perpetua
minimum and/or P18,000.00
Prision
fine frommayor
- Attempted minimum
P40,000.00and to P72,000.00
PUBLIC OFFICERS, crimes committed by: medium
P200,000.00years
+ 2
= 12 years of
prision mayor
If the valueofficers
Appointed
PROHIBITED of property
whostolen is aboveor
shall directly
TRANSACTIONS P2.2M
(Art. Reclusion
Prision temporal
Prision
to P3.2M
indirectly
215) become interested in any in its medium and
correccional
correccional No Bail
transaction of exchange or speculation within maximum
minimum
minimumand/or+ 1
and/or P18,000.00
P18,000.00
the territory subject to his jurisdiction (Art. years
fine from years of
fine =
from 21
215) reclusion
P40,000.00
P40,000.00 perpetua
toto
Prision mayor
P200,000.00
P200,000.00
- Attempted minimum and P66,000.00
medium + 1 year =
Any public officer becoming interested 11 yearsmayor
Arresto of prision
directly or indirectly in any contract or mayor to prision
medium
If the value
business of property
in which stolen
it is his is above
official P1.2M
duty to Reclusion temporal
correccional P18,000.00
to P2.2M (Art. 216, 1st Par.). This provision is
intervene medium and
minimum and/or P120,000.00
applicable to experts, arbitrators, private maximum
fine from
accountants, guardians and executors (2nd P40,000.00
Prision mayor to
Par.) - Attempted P200,000.00
minimum and P60,000.00
medium
Prision
Failure
If of accountable
the value of propertyofficer
stolen to render
is above correccional
Prision mayor
accounts(Art.to218)
P600,000.00 P1.2M minimum
maximumand/orto P18,000.00
P90,000.00
fine from
reclusion temporal
P40,000.00
minimum
P1,200,000.00
Prision
- Attempted correccional P36,000.00
Failure of responsible public officer to render Arresto
mediummayor
and
accounts before leaving or attempting to leave and/or
maximumfine from Bail Not
thethe
If country
value (Art. 219) stolen is above
of property P40,000.00
Prision mayor to Required
P20,000.00 to P600,000.00 P200,000.00
medium and P40,000.00
If the value of property stolen is above P5.2M Reclusion temporal
maximum
to P6.2M in its medium and
Prision No Bail
Illegal use of public funds or property (Art.
- Attempted maximum + 4
Prision
correccional P10,000.00
220, 1 Par.)
st
years = 24and
correccional
minimum years of P18,000.00
reclusion or
minimum
medium perpetua
fine
If the value of property stolen is above Prision mayor
ranging from one-
- Attempted
P5,000.00 to P20,000.00 minimum
half and
to thetototal
medium P84,000.00
P30,000.00
medium
value of +
sum 4 years
reclusion temporal
= 14 years of
misapplied
minimum
reclusion temporal
Arresto mayor If fine does not
- If no damage or -embarrassment
Attempted to the public Fine fromto5%
medium to
prision exceedP6,000.00
service has resulted (2nd Par.) 50% of the
correccional sum P400,000.00,
misapplied
minimum bail is not
If the value of property stolen is above P500.00 required. If fine
to P5,000.00 Prision mayor exceeds
P24,000.00
P400,000.00,
bail is 10.0%
- Attempted Arresto mayor thereof notNot
Bail to
exceedRequired Page | 49
If the value of property stolen is below P120,000.00
P500.00 Prision P12,000.00
Failure to make delivery of public funds or Arresto mayor and
correccional
property (Art. 221) fine from
medium5% and
to Bail Not
25% of the sum
maximum Required
which he failed to
pay