Republic Act No. 373, approved on June 14, 1949, amends Article 295 of the Revised Penal Code to increase penalties for specific robbery cases. It specifically targets robbery incidents that involve physical injuries, occur in uninhabited places, or are committed by a group using firearms in public spaces. Offenders in these scenarios will face the maximum penalties established for such crimes. The law aims to deter violent robbery and enhance public safety, with its provisions effective immediately upon approval.
June 14, 1949
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 373
AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTY IN CERTAIN CASES OF ROBBERY, BY AMENDING ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE
Article two hundred ninety-five of the Revised Penal Code is hereby amended so as read as follows:
"Art. 295. Robbery with physical injuries, committed in an uninhabited place and by a band, or with the use of firearm on a street, or road or alley. — If the offenses mentioned in subdivisions three, four, and five of the next preceding article shall have been committed in an uninhabited place or by a band, or by attacking a moving train, street, car motor vehicle or airship, or by entering the passengers' compartments in a train or, in any manner, taking the passengers thereof by surprise in the respective conveyances, or on a street, road, highway, or alley, and the intimidation is made with the use of a firearm, the offender shall be punished by the maximum period of the proper penalties." acd
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 14, 1949
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 45, No. 7, p. 2772 in July 1949