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Article 253 Revised Penal Code Philippines

Article 253 Revised Penal Code

Article 253 of the Revised Penal Code is about Giving assistance to suicide. It is under Chapter One (Destruction Of Life) of Title Eight (Crimes Against Persons) of the Code.

Giving assistance to suicide

Any person who shall assist another to commit suicide shall suffer the penalty of prision mayor; if such person leads his assistance to another to the extent of doing the killing himself, he shall suffer the penalty of reclusion temporal.

However, if the suicide is not consummated, the penalty of arresto mayor in its medium and maximum periods, shall be imposed.

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