Act No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 58

Additional penalty to be imposed upon certain accessories.

Article 58

ART. 58. Additional penalty to be imposed upon certain accessories.—Those accessories falling within the terms of paragraph 3 of article 19 of this Code who should act with abuse of their public functions, shall suffer the additional penalty or absolute perpetual disqualification if the principal offender shall be guilty of a grave felony, and that of absolute temporary disqualification if he shall be guilty of a less grave felony.

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