Act No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 345

Civil liability of persons guilty of crimes against chastity.

Article 345

ART. 345. Civil liability of persons guilty of crimes against chastity.—Persons guilty of rape, seduction or abduction, shall also be sentenced: To indemnify the offended woman. To acknowledge the offspring, unless the law should prevent him from so doing. In every case to support the offspring. The adulterer and the concubine in the case provided for in articles 333 and 334 may also be sentenced, in the same proceeding or in a separate civil proceeding, to indemnify for damages caused to the offended spouse.

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