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Showing posts with label criminal law. Show all posts
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Sunday, October 28, 2007

CONCUBINAGE

Concubinage. - Any husband who shall keep a mistress in the conjugal dwelling, or, shall have sexual intercourse, under scandalous circumstances, with a woman who is not his wife, or shall cohabit with her in any other place, shall be punished by prision correccional in its minimum and medium periods.
The concubine shall suffer the penalty of destierro.
[RPC,Art. 334]

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.[RPC,art.333(1)]