Act No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 334

Concubinage.

Article 334

ART. 334. Concubinage.—Any husband who shall keep a mistress in the conjugal dwelling, or, shall have sexual intercourse, under scandalous circumstances, with a woman who is not his wife, or shall cohabit with her in .any other place, shall be punished by prision correccional in its minimum and medium periods. The concubine shall suffer the penalty of destierro.

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Article 333: Who are guilty of adultery.

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