- Statute
- Philippine Revised Penal Code
- Article
- Art. 68
- Topic
- Penalty to be imposed upon a person under eighteen years of age
- Status
- In force, as amended
- Year
- 1930
The provision
Art. 68. Penalty to be imposed upon a person under eighteen years of age. — When the offender is a minor under eighteen years and his case is one coming under the provisions of the paragraphs next to the last of Article 80 of this Code, the following rules shall be observed:
1. Upon a person under fifteen but over nine years of age, who is not exempted from liability by reason of the court having declared that he acted with discernment, a discretionary penalty shall be imposed, but always lower by two degrees at least than that prescribed by law for the crime which he committed.
2. Upon a person over fifteen and under eighteen years of age the penalty next lower than that prescribed by law shall be imposed, but always in the proper period.
Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms
Sets reduced penalties for a minor offender whose case is not outright exempt. A child in the lower age bracket found to have acted with discernment gets a discretionary penalty at least two degrees lower than what the law prescribes for the crime, while an offender over fifteen and under eighteen gets the penalty one degree lower, applied in its proper period.
An editorially maintained plain-language explanation of this provision — not legal advice.