What penalty is prescribed for serious physical injuries that cause illness or incapacity for labor for more than 30 days?
Injuries causing incapacity or illness for more than 30 days incur arresto mayor maximum to prision correccional minimum.
What is the penalty for inflicting less serious physical injuries upon one’s parents or a person in authority?
Inflicting less serious injuries on parents or persons in authority is punished by prision correccional.
What actions constitute the crime of Challenging to a duel, and what is the penalty?
Challenging, inciting, or publicly decrying someone for refusing a duel is punished by prision correccional.
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What penalty is imposed if a victim of serious physical injuries loses the use of a major body part or is permanently incapacitated for their usual work?
Loss of a major sense or limb, or incapacity for habitual work, results in prision correccional medium/maximum.
How are serious physical injuries that result in deformity or prolonged incapacity for more than 90 days penalized?
Injuries causing deformity or incapacity for work exceeding 90 days are punished by prision correccional minimum/medium.
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 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 penalties are imposed for Intentional abortion committed without the woman’s consent or only with her consent?
Intentional abortion without consent is punished by prision mayor, while with consent is punished by prision correccional.
What crime is committed when a person causes an abortion by violence but without the intention to do so?
Causing an abortion unintentionally but through violence is punished by prision correccional.
What is the penalty for a woman who practices abortion upon herself or consents to another person doing so?
Woman practicing abortion upon herself or consenting receives prision correccional medium/maximum, unless for dishonor.
