Article 346 Revised Penal Code

Article 346 of the Revised Penal Code is about Liability of ascendants, guardians, teachers, or other persons entrusted with the custody of the offended party. It is under Chapter Five (Provisions Relative To The Preceding Chapters Of Title Eleven) of Title Eleven (Crimes Against Chastity) of the Code.

Liability of ascendants, guardians, teachers, or other persons entrusted with the custody of the offended party.

The ascendants, guardians, curators, teachers and any person who, by abuse of authority or confidential relationships, shall cooperate as accomplices in the perpetration of the crimes embraced in chapters, second, third and fourth, of this title, shall be punished as principals.

Teachers or other persons in any other capacity entrusted with the education and guidance of youth, shall also suffer the penalty of temporary special disqualification in its maximum period to perpetual special disqualification.

Any person falling within the terms of this article, and any other person guilty of corruption of minors for the benefit of another, shall be punished by special disqualification from filling the office of guardian.

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