Article 333 Revised Penal Code

Article 333 of the Revised Penal Code is about Who are guilty of adultery. It is under Chapter One (Adultery And Concubinage) of Title Eleven (Crimes Against Chastity) of the Code.

Who are guilty of adultery

Adultery is committed by any married woman who shall have sexual intercourse with a man not her husband and by the man who has carnal knowledge of her knowing her to be married, even if the marriage be subsequently declared void.

Adultery shall be punished by prision correccional in its medium and maximum periods.

If the person guilty of adultery committed this offense while being abandoned without justification by the offended spouse, the penalty next lower in degree than that provided in the next preceding paragraph shall be imposed.

See also: Article 332 Revised Penal Code