Article 157 Revised Penal Code

Article 157 of the Revised Penal Code is about Evasion of service of sentence. It is under Chapter Six (Evasion Of Service Of Sentence) of Title Three (Crimes Against Public Order) of the Code.

Evasion of service of sentence

The penalty of prision correccional in its medium and maximum periods shall be imposed upon any convict who shall evade service of his sentence by escaping during the term of his imprisonment by reason of final judgment.

However, if such evasion or escape shall have taken place by means of unlawful entry, by breaking doors, windows, gates, walls, roofs, or floors, or by using picklocks, false keys, deceit, violence or intimidation, or through connivance with other convicts or employees of the penal institution, the penalty shall be prision correccional in its maximum period.

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