Article 301 Revised Penal Code

Article 301 of the Revised Penal Code is about What is an inhabited house, public building or building dedicated to religious worship and their dependencies. It is under Chapter One (Robbery In General) of Title Ten (Crimes Against Property) of the Code.

What is an inhabited house, public building or building dedicated to religious worship and their dependencies

Inhabited house means any shelter, ship or vessel constituting the dwelling of one or more persons, even though the inhabitants thereof shall temporarily be absent therefrom when the robbery is committed.

All interior courts, corrals, waterhouses, granaries, barns, coach-houses, stables or other departments or inclosed places contiguous to the building or edifice, having an interior entrance connected therewith, and which form part of the whole, shall be deemed dependencies of an inhabited house, public building or building dedicated to religious worship.

Orchards and other lands used for cultivation or production are not included in the terms of the next preceding paragraph, even if closed, contiguous to the building and having direct connection therewith.

The term “public building” includes every building owned by the Government or belonging to a private person not included used or rented by the Government, although temporarily unoccupied by the same.

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