- Statute
- Revised Penal Code
- Article
- Art. 48
- Topic
- Statutory provision
- Status
- In force
- Year
- 1930
- Cited by
- Multiple Supreme Court decisions
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.
Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms
Covers complex crimes: when a single act produces two or more grave or less grave felonies, or when one offense is the necessary means to commit another, only one penalty is imposed—that for the most serious crime—applied in its maximum period. This treats the linked offenses as one for purposes of sentencing.
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
- Jason Ivler y Aguilar v. Hon. Maria Rowena Modesto-San Pedro G.R. No. 172716
- Francis O. Morales v. People G.R. No. 240337
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