What is the responsibility and penalty imposed upon a person who kills their adversary in a duel?
Killing an adversary in a duel is punished by reclusion temporal; injuries are penalized according to their nature.
What is the penalty if, during a tumultuous affray resulting in death, the person who inflicted serious physical injuries cannot be identified?
If the serious injury inflictor in an affray resulting in death cannot be determined, all violent participants receive prision correccional.
What is the penalty for duel participants when no physical injuries have been inflicted?
If no physical injuries result from a duel, combatants suffer arresto mayor, and the seconds are punished as accomplices.
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When only serious physical injuries are inflicted during a tumultuous affray and the perpetrator is unknown, what is the resulting punishment?
If serious physical injuries occur in an affray and the culprit is unknown, violent participants get the next lower penalty.
What is the penalty if less serious physical injuries occur during a tumultuous affray and the person responsible cannot be identified?
For less serious injuries in an affray where the culprit is unidentified, violent participants are punished by arresto mayor (5-15 days).
What crime and penalty is imposed upon a person who assists another in committing suicide?
Assisting suicide is punished by prision mayor, but if the helper does the killing, the penalty is reclusion temporal.
What is the penalty for giving assistance to suicide if the suicide itself is not consummated?
If assistance to suicide is provided but the act is not consummated, the penalty is arresto mayor.
What is the crime and penalty for a simple discharge of a firearm at another person?
Discharge of firearms at another person incurs prision correccional unless it qualifies as a higher crime.
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What is the prescribed penalty for a person who commits Infanticide?
Killing a child less than three days old is infanticide, penalized like parricide or murder.
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How does the penalty for Infanticide differ if the child’s mother commits the crime to conceal her dishonor?
Mother killing her child to conceal dishonor suffers prision mayor; grandparents suffer reclusion temporal.
