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.
What is the penalty for Intentional abortion if the perpetrator uses violence upon the pregnant woman?
Intentional abortion using violence upon the pregnant woman is punished by reclusion temporal.
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 actions constitute Usurpation of legislative powers by a public officer?
Public officer usurping legislative powers by making rules beyond authority or attempting to repeal law.
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What are the circumstances related to planning and cruelty that qualify a killing as Murder?
Murder is qualified by evident premeditation or cruelty, such as inhumanly augmenting the victim’s suffering.
What penalties are imposed upon a public officer found guilty of Usurpation of legislative powers?
Penalty for usurping legislative powers includes prision correccional and a fine up to P200,000.
