- Statute
- Revised Penal Code
- Article
- Art. 48
- Topic
- Statutory provision
- Year
- 1930
The provision
Art. 48. Penalty for complex crimes. — When a single act constitutes two or more grave or less grave felonies, or when an offense is a necessary means for committing the other, the penalty for the most serious crime shall be imposed, the same to be applied in its maximum period.
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