Act No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 249

Homicide.

Article 249

ART. 249. Homicide.—Any person who, not falling within the provisions of article 246 shall kill another without the attendance of any of the circumstances enumerated in the next preceding article, shall be deemed guilty of homicide and be punished by reclusion temporal.

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