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?
The legally married person must surprise their spouse in the actual commission of sexual intercourse with another person (Article 247, Revised Penal Code). The perpetrator must then kill either or both of the offenders, or inflict upon them any serious physical injury, either in the act or immediately thereafter. Under these exceptional circumstances, the law imposes the penalty of destierro (banishment) upon the legally married person. If the injuries inflicted are of any other kind (not serious), the legally married person is entirely exempt from punishment.
02 November 2025
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