- Statute
- Philippine Revised Penal Code
- Article
- Art. 17
- Topic
- Principals
- Status
- In force
- Year
- 1930
The provision
Art. 17. Principals. — The following are considered principals:
1. Those who take a direct part in the execution of the act;
2. Those who directly force or induce others to commit it;
3. Those who cooperate in the commission of the offense by another act without which it would not have been accomplished.
Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms
Three kinds of offenders are treated as principals: those who take a direct part in carrying out the criminal act; those who directly force or induce others to commit it; and those who cooperate through an act so essential that the offense could not have been accomplished without it.
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