President Ferdinand ''Bongbong'' Marcos Jr. has signed into law a measure seeking to lower some penalties and fines relative to the use of motorcycles, amending the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act ...

The new law also amended section 4 of RA 11235, which imposed a penalty of imprisonment or arresto mayor to prison correcional as defined under the Revised Penal Code or a fine of not less than ...

The revised Penal Code, which takes effect that day, will make imprisonment fully without penal work. The current system obliges some offenders to engage in such work depending on the sentence.

What The Law Says About Acts Of Lasciviousness Sexual violations against an individual can take many forms, each with distinct elements under the law. Acts of lasciviousness are one such offense, ...

The U.P. Police had the four accused booked under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which addresses the rape of a man, transgender person, or animal, along with Sections dealing with ...

Dear PAO, An allegation was thrown against me for degrading the reputation of a teenage girl. The matter was brought before the barangay, however, the conciliation failed. When the barangay issued a ...

New amendments to the Penal Code, adopted on 2 April 2024, add a litany of harsh and overbroad articles to the repressive legal arsenal in Algeria that could further criminalize peaceful speech and ...

Article 60 of the 2018 penal code stipulated that in case of mitigating circumstances, subject to the provisions of Article 107, life imprisonment may be reduced but it cannot be less than 25 years.

With the amendment of the Revised Penal Code by Republic Act 11594, perjury is now punishable by a penalty of prision mayor in its minimum period (six years and one day to eight years) to its medium ...

A revised Penal Code with drastic changes to the provisions of sexual crimes has come into effect. The crime of “forcible sexual intercourse” is now termed “nonconsensual sexual intercourse” under the ...