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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1084 - AN
ACT TO AMEND Sec. TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE
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Section 1.
Section two hundred and sixty-seven of the Revised Penal Code, as
amended by section two of Republic Act Numbered Eighteen, is hereby
further amended to read as follows: "Sec. 267.
Kidnapping and serious illegal detention. — Any private individual who
shall kidnap or detain another, or in any other manner deprive him of
his liberty, shall suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua to
death; "The penalty shall be death where
the kidnapping or detention was committed for the purpose of extorting
ransom from the victim or any other person, even if none of the
circumstances above mentioned were present in the commission of the
offense." Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.cralaw Approved: June 15, 1954 |