Killing a spouse and their partner caught in sexual intercourse immediately thereafter, results in destierro.
Parents of a daughter under eighteen years may receive benefit of destierro if they kill the seducer.
Those who promote prostitution or consent to spousal infidelity are disqualified from the destierro benefit.
Abandoning office to evade duty for preventing or prosecuting serious crimes is punished by prision correccional.
Murder is killing a non-relative with treachery, superior strength, or other means ensuring impunity.
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Abandoning office to evade duties related to any other crime results in the penalty of arresto mayor.
Killing for reward or using destructive means like fire, explosion, or during a calamity is murder.
Public officer usurping legislative powers by making rules beyond authority or attempting to repeal law.
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Murder is qualified by evident premeditation or cruelty, such as inhumanly augmenting the victim’s suffering.
Penalty for usurping legislative powers includes prision correccional and a fine up to P200,000.
