- Statute
- Revised Penal Code
- Article
- Art. 265
- Topic
- Statutory provision
- Status
- In force, as amended
- Year
- 1930
- Cited by
- Multiple Supreme Court decisions
The provision
Art. 265. Less serious physical injuries. — Any person who shall inflict upon another physical injuries not described in the preceding articles, but which shall incapacitate the offended party for labor for ten (10) days or more, or shall require medical assistance for the same period, shall be guilty of less serious physical injuries and shall suffer the penalty of arresto mayor.
Whenever less serious physical injuries shall have been inflicted with the manifest intent to insult or offend the injured person, or under circumstances adding ignominy to the offense, in addition to the penalty of arresto mayor, a fine not exceeding Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000) shall be imposed.
Any less serious physical injuries inflicted upon the offender's parents, ascendants, guardians, curators, teachers, or persons of rank, or persons in authority, shall be punished by prisión correccional in its minimum and medium periods: Provided, That in the case of persons in authority, the deed does not constitute the crime of assault upon such persons.
Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms
Injuring someone so they cannot work, or need medical care, for ten days or more (but not as gravely as the injuries defined elsewhere) is 'less serious physical injuries,' punished by arresto mayor. An added fine of up to ₱50,000 applies if done to insult or with ignominy, and heavier prisión correccional applies when the victim is a parent, teacher, guardian, or person of rank or authority.
An editorially maintained plain-language explanation of this provision — not legal advice.
Cases applying this article
- People v. Miguel Lasala G.R. No. L-12141
- Isidoro Mondragon v. People G.R. No. L-17666
- Lacson v. People G.R. No. 243805