- Statute
- Revised Penal Code
- Article
- Art. 293
- Topic
- Statutory provision
- Status
- In force
- Year
- 1930
- Cited by
- A Supreme Court decision
The provision
Art. 293. Who are guilty of robbery. — Any person who, with intent to gain, shall take any personal property belonging to another, by means of violence or intimidation of any person, or using force upon anything shall be guilty of robbery.
Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms
Anyone who, intending to gain, takes personal property belonging to another by using violence or intimidation against a person, or by using force upon things, is guilty of robbery. This sets the core elements of the crime: taking another's property with intent to gain, accomplished through force or intimidation.
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Cases applying this article
- Rommel C. Briones v. People G.R. No. 156009
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