- Statute
- Philippine Revised Penal Code
- Article
- Art. 8
- Topic
- Conspiracy and proposal to commit felony
- Status
- In force
- Year
- 1930
- Cited by
- Multiple Supreme Court decisions
The provision
Art. 8. Conspiracy and proposal to commit felony. — Conspiracy and proposal to commit felony are punishable only in the cases in which the law specially provides a penalty therefor.
A conspiracy exists when two or more persons come to an agreement concerning the commission of a felony and decide to commit it.
There is proposal when the person who has decided to commit a felony proposes its execution to some other person or persons.
Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms
Conspiracy and proposal to commit a felony are punishable only when a specific law provides a penalty for them. A conspiracy exists when two or more persons agree to commit a felony and decide to carry it out; a proposal exists when a person who has resolved to commit a felony suggests its execution to another.
An editorially maintained plain-language explanation of this provision — not legal advice.
Cases applying this article
- People v. Salvador G.R. No. 77964
- Palaoag v. People G.R. No. 256798
- People v. Manuzon G.R. No. 113245