Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE ELEVEN OF THE PENAL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Congress
3rd Philippine Legislature
Date of Approval
February 4, 1912

Other Details

Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
ACT

Official Gazette

Official Gazette Source
Official Gazette vol. 10 no. 10 page 375 (3/6/1912)

Full Text of Issuance

[ Act No. 2142, February 05, 1912 ]

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE ELEVEN OF THE PENAL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Legislature, that:SECTION 1. Article eleven of the Penal Code of the Philippine Islands is hereby amended to read as follows:

"ART. 11. The degree of instruction and education of the offender shall be taken into consideration by the courts for the purpose of mitigating or aggravating the penalties, according to the nature of the offense and the circumstances attending its commission."

SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the same shall take effect on its passage, in accordance with section one of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and forty-five of the Philippine Legislature.Enacted, February 5, 1912

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