- Statute
- Philippine Revised Penal Code
- Article
- Art. 69
- Topic
- Penalty to be imposed when the crime committed is not wholly excusable
- Status
- In force
- Year
- 1930
- Cited by
- Multiple Supreme Court decisions
The provision
Art. 69. Penalty to be imposed when the crime committed is not wholly excusable. — A penalty lower by one or two degrees than that prescribed by law shall be imposed if the deed is not wholly excusable by reason of the lack of some of the conditions required to justify the same or to exempt from criminal liability in the several cases mentioned in Article 11 and 12, provided that the majority of such conditions be present. The courts shall impose the penalty in the period which may be deemed proper, in view of the number and nature of the conditions of exemption present or lacking.
Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms
Applies when an accused acted under a justifying or exempting circumstance but not all of its legal conditions were met—yet a majority of them were present. The court then imposes a penalty one or two degrees lower than the law's normal penalty, choosing the proper period based on how many and which conditions were present or lacking.
An editorially maintained plain-language explanation of this provision — not legal advice.
Cases applying this article
- Daniel Aquino y Espiritu v. People G.R. No. 274077
- Norman Lacson v. Court of Appeals G.R. No. L-46485