- Statute
- Philippine Revised Penal Code
- Article
- Art. 270
- Topic
- Kidnapping and failure to return a minor
- Status
- In force
- Year
- 1930
The provision
Art. 270. Kidnapping and failure to return a minor. — The penalty of reclusion perpetua shall be imposed upon any person who, being entrusted with the custody of a minor person, shall deliberately fail to restore the latter to his parents or guardians.
Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms
Punishes with reclusion perpetua anyone entrusted with a minor's custody who deliberately fails to return the child to its parents or guardians. It targets a breach of custodial trust—someone lawfully holding the child who then intentionally withholds him—rather than a forcible taking.
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