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Act No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 337

Act No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 337

Qualified seduction.

Article 337

ART. 337. Qualified seduction.—The seduction of a virgin over twelve years and under eighteen years of age, committed by any person in public authority, priest, house-servant, domestic, guardian, teacher, or any person who, in any capacity, shall be entrusted with the education or custody of the woman seduced, shall be punished by prision correccional in its minimum and medium periods. The penalty next higher in degree shall be imposed upon any person who shall seduce his sister or descendant, whether or not she be a virgin or over eighteen years of age. Under the provisions of this Chapter, seduction is committed when the offender has carnal knowledge of any of the persons and under the circumstances described herein.

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CitationAct No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 337 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

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