What are the elements and penalties for a public officer found guilty of Unlawful appointments?
Public officer knowingly appointing an unqualified person to office is penalized with arresto mayor and fine.
What constitutes the crime of Abuses against chastity when committed by a public officer regarding pending matters?
Public officer soliciting immoral advances from a woman interested in a pending case commits abuses against chastity.
Who is liable for Abuses against chastity related to the custody of prisoners, and what conduct is penalized?
Warden or public officer making indecent advances to a woman under custody commits Abuses against chastity.
How are the penalties for Abuses against chastity modified if the victim is a relative of a person under the offender’s custody?
Penalties for Abuses against chastity are reduced if the victim is a relative of a person in custody.
Who is guilty of Parricide and what is the range of penalty imposed?
Killing a parent, child, descendant, ascendant, or spouse constitutes parricide, punishable by death.
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Under what exceptional circumstances may a legally married person kill their spouse and the other person, or inflict serious physical injuries, and only suffer destierro?
Killing a spouse and their partner caught in sexual intercourse immediately thereafter, results in destierro.
What benefits under the law apply to parents who kill their daughter’s seducer under exceptional circumstances?
Parents of a daughter under eighteen years may receive benefit of destierro if they kill the seducer.
Who is not entitled to the benefits of the exceptional circumstances defense provided in Article 247?
Those who promote prostitution or consent to spousal infidelity are disqualified from the destierro benefit.
What is the penalty for a public officer who abandons office to evade preventing or prosecuting a crime against persons?
Abandoning office to evade duty for preventing or prosecuting serious crimes is punished by prision correccional.
What are the qualifying circumstances that elevate a killing to the crime of Murder?
Murder is killing a non-relative with treachery, superior strength, or other means ensuring impunity.
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