Act No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 325

Burning one's own property as a means to commit arson.

Article 325

ART. 325. Burning one's own property as a means to commit arson.—Any person guilty of arson or causing great destruction of property belonging to another shall suffer the penalties prescribed in this chapter, even though he shall bave set fire to or destroyed his own property for the purpose of committing the crime.

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