- Statute
- Revised Penal Code
- Article
- Art. 333
- Topic
- Adultery
- Status
- In force
- Year
- 1930
- Cited by
- A Supreme Court decision
The provision
ARTICLE 333. Who are Guilty of Adultery. — Adultery is committed by any married woman who shall have sexual intercourse with a man not her husband and by the man who has carnal knowledge of her, knowing her to be married, even if the marriage be subsequently declared void.
Adultery shall be punished by prisión correccional in its medium and maximum periods.
If the person guilty of adultery committed this offense while being abandoned without justification by the offended spouse, the penalty next lower in degree than that provided in the next preceding paragraph shall be imposed.
Key points
Article 333 defines and penalizes adultery. It is committed by a married woman who has sexual intercourse with a man not her husband, and by the man who has carnal knowledge of her knowing she is married — even if the marriage is later declared void.
Adultery is punished by prisión correccional in its medium and maximum periods; the penalty is one degree lower where the offense was committed while the offender was abandoned without justification by the offended spouse. Each act of intercourse is a distinct count. It is a private crime, prosecuted on complaint of the offended spouse, and is read with Article 334 on concubinage.
Cases applying this article
- Valencia v. People G.R. No. 244657