IMPORTANT TABLES FOR CRIM

PENALTIES
Art. 27 RPC

Entirety Maximum Medium Minimum

Reclusion Perpetua 20 years & 1 day

to Indivisible Penalty
40 years
Reclusion Temporal
12 years & 1 day 17 years, 4 mos., & 1 day 14 years, 8 mos. & 1 day 12 years & 1 day
to to to to
20 years 20 years 17 years & 4 mos. 14 years & 8 mos.
Prison Mayor
6 years & 1 day 10 years & 1 day 8 years & 1 day 6 years & 1 day
RTC to to to to
12 Years 12 years 10 years 8 years
Prison Correctional
Destierro 6 mos. & 1 day 4 years, 2 mos., & 1 day 2 years, 4 mos., & 1 day 6 mos. & 1 day
to to to to
MTC 6 years 6 years 4 years & 2 mos. 2 years & 4 mos.

Arresto Mayor
1 mos. & 1 day 4 mos. & 1 day 2 mos. & 1 day 1 mos. &1 day
to to to to
6 mos. 6 mos. 4 mos. 2 mos.
Arresto Menor
1 day 21 days 11 days 1 day
to to to to
30 days 30 days 20 days 11 days

RULES ON QUALIFYING CIRCUMSTANCES

No Mitigating & No Aggravating Medium Period

1 Mitigating + 1 Aggravating Offset

1 Mitigating Penalty in Minimum (one period lower)

1 Aggravating Penalty in Maximum (one period higher)

2+ Mitigating (= Privileged Circumstance) One DEGREE lower

2+ Aggravating Penalty in Maximum (cannot go to a higher degree)

QUALIFYING CIRCUMTSTANCE – Changes the nature of the crime (ex. Homicide to murder, Rape to Statutory rape)
 PRESCRIPTION PERIOD

(RPC)
PENALTY PRESCRIPTIVE PERIOD

Reclusion Perpetua & Reclusion Temporal 20 years

Afflictive Penalties 15 years

Correctional Penalties 10 years

Arresto Mayor 5 years

Libel or Other Similar Offenses 1 year

Oral Defamation and Slander 6 mos.

Light Offenses 2 mos.

(SPL and Ordinance Violations)

PENALTY PRESCRIPTIVE PERIOD

Fine OR Imprisonment of >= 1 month 1 year

Imprisonment of 1 mos. & 1 day – Less than 2 years 4 years

Imprisonment of 2 years – Less than 6 years 8 years

Imprisonment of 6 years or more 12 years

Treason 20 years

Libel or Cyber Libel 10 years

All offenses against any law administered by the BIR 5 years

Municipal Ordinance violations 2 months

 RULES ON SUBSIDIARY PENALTY

Fine Only A. Grave Felony – not exceed 6 months

B. Light Felony – not exceed 15 days

Fine + Prision Correctional or Arresto Not exceed 1/3 of the term of the sentence
Not exceed 1 year

Prison Mayor, Reclusion Temporal, Reclusion Perpetua No Subsidiary Imprisonment

Hours of Work of a Working Child (Sec. 12-A)

Requirements
1) child is below 15 y/o – maximum of 20hrs a week AND maximum of 4hrs a day
2) child is 15-17 y/o – maximum of 40hrs a week AND maximum of 8hrs a day

3) child is below 15 y/o – cannot work from 8PM – 6AM

4) child is 15-17 y/o – cannot work from 10PM – 6AM