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Act No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 74

Act No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 74

Penalty higher than reclusion perpetua in certain cases.

Article 74

ART. 74. Penalty higher than reclusion perpetua in certain cases.—In cases in which the law prescribes a penalty higher than another given penalty, without specifically designating the name of the former, if such higher penalty should be that of death, the same penalty and the accessory penalties of article 40, shall be considered as the next higher penalty.

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