Revised Penal Code of the Philippines

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Philippine statute penal code

The Revised Penal Code of the Philippines is the primary criminal law statute of the country, defining crimes, penalties, and general principles of criminal liability.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Revised Penal Code of the Philippines canonical	5
Revised Penal Code	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11610671 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Revised Penal Code of the Philippines
Context triple: [Presidential Decree No. 1606, relatedTo, Revised Penal Code of the Philippines]

A. Republic Act No. 6975
Republic Act No. 6975 is a Philippine law that reorganized the country’s internal security and local government framework, including the establishment and structuring of the Department of the Interior and Local Government and its attached agencies.
B. Philippine Civil Code
The Philippine Civil Code is the principal body of private law in the Philippines, governing areas such as obligations and contracts, property, family relations, and succession.
C. Batas Pambansa of the Philippines
Batas Pambansa of the Philippines refers to the series of laws enacted by the interim and regular Batasang Pambansa (National Assembly) during the Marcos era, serving as a primary form of national legislation before the restoration of Congress under the 1987 Constitution.
D. Republic Act No. 7898
Republic Act No. 7898 is a Philippine law that established a long-term program to modernize and upgrade the capabilities of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
E. Republic Act No. 7228
Republic Act No. 7228 is a Philippine law that established the province of Sarangani in the southern island of Mindanao.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Revised Penal Code of the Philippines
Target entity description: The Revised Penal Code of the Philippines is the primary criminal law statute of the country, defining crimes, penalties, and general principles of criminal liability.

A. Republic Act No. 6975
Republic Act No. 6975 is a Philippine law that reorganized the country’s internal security and local government framework, including the establishment and structuring of the Department of the Interior and Local Government and its attached agencies.
B. Philippine Civil Code
The Philippine Civil Code is the principal body of private law in the Philippines, governing areas such as obligations and contracts, property, family relations, and succession.
C. Batas Pambansa of the Philippines
Batas Pambansa of the Philippines refers to the series of laws enacted by the interim and regular Batasang Pambansa (National Assembly) during the Marcos era, serving as a primary form of national legislation before the restoration of Congress under the 1987 Constitution.
D. Republic Act No. 7898
Republic Act No. 7898 is a Philippine law that established a long-term program to modernize and upgrade the capabilities of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
E. Republic Act No. 7228
Republic Act No. 7228 is a Philippine law that established the province of Sarangani in the southern island of Mindanao.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Philippine statute ⓘ penal code ⓘ
abbreviation	RPC ⓘ
appliesTo	crimes defined in the Code ⓘ
basedOn	American criminal law influences ⓘ Spanish Código Penal ⓘ linked to: Spanish Penal Code
bookOneCovers	application of the law ⓘ extinction of criminal liability ⓘ general principles ⓘ modification of penalties ⓘ penalties ⓘ
bookTwoCovers	classification of felonies ⓘ specific crimes ⓘ
containsProvisionsOn	attempted felony ⓘ civil liability arising from crime ⓘ consummated felony ⓘ frustrated felony ⓘ habitual delinquency ⓘ probation of penalties (before later special laws) ⓘ recidivism ⓘ
country	Philippines ⓘ
dateEnacted	1930-12-08 ⓘ
definesConcept	accessory ⓘ accomplice ⓘ aggravating circumstances ⓘ conspiracy ⓘ exempting circumstances ⓘ felony ⓘ imposable penalties ⓘ justifying circumstances ⓘ mitigating circumstances ⓘ
enactedBy	Philippine Legislature ⓘ
enactedUnder	Commonwealth of the Philippines ⓘ
legalDomain	criminal law ⓘ
legalSystem	civil law ⓘ
majorAmendmentsBy	Republic Act No. 10951 ⓘ Republic Act No. 7659 ⓘ Republic Act No. 8353 ⓘ Republic Act No. 9344 ⓘ
primaryFunction	defines crimes ⓘ lays down general principles of criminal liability ⓘ prescribes penalties ⓘ
RA10951Effect	adjusted fines and penalties ⓘ
shortName	Revised Penal Code ⓘ linked to: Revised Penal Code of the Philippines
status	in force (with amendments) ⓘ
structure	Book One ⓘ Book Two ⓘ
supplementedBy	special penal laws of the Philippines ⓘ
tookEffectOn	1932-01-01 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Presidential Decree No. 1606 → relatedTo → Revised Penal Code of the Philippines ⓘ

Republic Act No. 8249 → relatedTo → Revised Penal Code of the Philippines ⓘ

Revised Rules of Criminal Procedure → relatedTo → Revised Penal Code of the Philippines ⓘ

Board of Pardons and Parole → legalBasis → Revised Penal Code of the Philippines ⓘ

Republic Act No. 7055 → basedOn → Revised Penal Code of the Philippines ⓘ

Republic Act No. 7055 → relatedTo → Revised Penal Code ⓘ

linked to: Revised Penal Code of the Philippines

Revised Penal Code of the Philippines → shortName → Revised Penal Code ⓘ