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.
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.
