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Act No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 296

Act No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 296

Definition of a band and penalty incurred by the members thereof.

Article 296

ART. 296. Definition of a band and penalty incurred by the members thereof.—When more than three armed malefactors take part in the commission of a robbery, it shall be deemed to have been committed by a band (cuadrilla). Any member of a band who is present at the commission of a robbery in an uninhabited place and by a band, shall be punished as principal of any of the assaults committed by the band, unless it be shown that he attempted to prevent the same.

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