PART 1 Flashcards
It is branch of public law which DEFINES CRIME, TREATS OF THEIR NATURE and provides for their punishment
Criminal Law
punishable by CITY or municipal ordinances
INFRACTIONS
Punishable by SPECIAL PENAL LAWS
OFFENSE
Punishable by the RPC
FELONY
a MISDEMEANOUR, an offense, or SIMPLY CRIME
Delict
An act committed or omitted in violation of a public law forbidding or commanding it.
CRIME
the FAULT OR NEGLIGENCE OF A PERSON CAUSING DAMAGE TO ANOTHER and there is no pre existing contractual relation between the parties
Quasi delict
Quasi delict also known as?
CULPA AQUILIANA
What is Act 3815?
the Revised Penal Code
SOURCES OF CRIMINAL LAW:
- Act 3815 known as the Revised Penal Code
- Special Penal Laws passed by Congress
- Presidential Decrees issued by President Marcos
- Codigo Penal De Espana
Codigo Penal De Espana known as?
Spanish Penal Code
The body of principles, usages and rules of actions which DO NOT RESULT FROM THE EXPRESS ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE
COMMON LAW CRIMES
NULLUM CRIMEN NULLA POENA SINE LEGE means?
there is no crime if there is no law punishing it.
CHARACTERISTICS OF CRIMINAL LAW:
General
Territorial
Prospective
criminal law is binding on ALL PERSONS WHO LIVE or sojourn in the Philippines,
regardless of age, sex or nationality.
General
criminal laws are APPLICABLE ONLY IF THE CRIME IS COMMITTED WITHIN PHILIPPINE TERRITORY
Territorial
criminal law cannot make an act punishable in a manner in which iIT WAS NOT PUNISHABLE WHEN COMMITTED
Prospective
Exception to the GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS:
- As provided by treaty stipulations
- As provided by laws of preferential applications
3.principles of public international laws:
principles of public international laws:
Sovereigns and other chief of states
Ambassadors,
Minister plenipotentiaries
Minister residents
charges d’ affaires.
PROSPECTIVE Also known as
prospectivity or irretrospectivity
It means the law (as a general rule) DOES NOT HAVE RETROACTIVE EFFECT
PROSPECTIVE
Exception to the PROSPECTIVE CHARACTER
When the new law is favourable to the accused.
It is strictly CONSTRUED AGAINST THE STATE and liberally in favor of the accused
Penal laws
When there is doubt about the meaning or application or interpretation of a penal
law and the doubt admits of TWO INTERPRETATION
PRO REO DOCTRINE
the doubt admits of TWO INTERPRETATION
lenient to offender
favorable to him
The OLD PENAL CODE which took effect until
December 31, 1931
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 94 of the DOJ dated
October 18, 1927
RPC APPROVED ON
December 8, 1930
RPC TOOK EFFECT
January 1, 1932