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Republic Act No. 373 (RA 373) — An Act Increasing the Penalty in Certain 2ases of Robbery, by Amending Article Two Hundred Ninety-Five of the Revised Penal Code.

Republic Act No. 373 (RA 373) — An Act Increasing the Penalty in Certain 2ases of Robbery, by Amending Article Two Hundred Ninety-Five of the Revised Penal Code.

Republic Act No. 373 · Republic Act · Approved June 14, 1949 · 2 sections

Data as of July 4, 2026 · Compiled from an official source version. Later amendments or repeals may not be reflected; the official text prevails. · Read the official text ↗

Section 1

SECTION 1. Article two hundred ninety-five of the Revised Penal Code is hereby amended so as to read as follows: “ART. 295. Robbery with physical injuries, committed in an uninhabited place and by a band, or with the use of firearm on a street, road or alley.—If the offenses mentioned in subdivisions three, four, and five of the next preceding article shall have been committed in an uninhabited place or by a band, or by attacking a moving train, street car, street motor vehicle or airship, or by entering the passengers’ compartments in a train or, in any manner, taking the passengers thereof by surprise in the respective conveyances, or on a street, road, highway, or alley, and the intimidation is made with the use of a firearm, the offender shall be punished by the maximum period of the proper penalties.”

Section 2

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval Approved, June 14, 1949.

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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