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Act No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 332

Act No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 332

Persons exempt from criminal liability.

Article 332

ART. 332. Persons exempt from criminal liability.—No criminal, but only civil liability, shall result from the commission of the crime of theft, swindling or malicious mischief committed or caused mutually by the following persons: Spouses, ascendants and descendants, or relatives by affinity in the same line; The widowed spouse with respect to the property which belonged to the deceased spouse before the same shall have passed into the possession of another; and Brothers and sisters and brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, if living together. The exemption established by this article shall not be applicable to strangers participating in the commission of the crime.

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CitationAct No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 332 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

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