Time when Act takes effect.
Article 1
ARTICLE 1. Time when Act takes effect.βThis Code shall take effect on the first day of January, nineteen hundred and thirty-two.
Act No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 1
Act No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 1
Other provisions in BOOK ONE
- Article 2: Application of its provisions.
- Article 3: Definition.
- Article 4: Criminal liability.
- Article 5
- Article 6: Consummated, frustrated, and attempted felonies.
- Article 7: When light felonies are punishable.
- Article 8: Conspiracy and proposal to commit felony.
- Article 9: Grave felonies, less grave felonies and light felonies.
- Article 10: Offenses not subject to the provisions of this Code.
- Article 11: Justifying circumstances.
CitationAct No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 1 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)
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