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Art 266 A RPC

The document defines and penalizes the crime of rape under Article 266-A of the Revised Penal Code. Rape is committed when a man has carnal knowledge of a woman through force, threat, intoxication, unconsciousness, fraudulent means, abuse of authority, or when the woman is under 12 years old or mentally disabled.

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Art 266 A RPC

The document defines and penalizes the crime of rape under Article 266-A of the Revised Penal Code. Rape is committed when a man has carnal knowledge of a woman through force, threat, intoxication, unconsciousness, fraudulent means, abuse of authority, or when the woman is under 12 years old or mentally disabled.

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The crime of Rape is defined and penalized under Article 266-A of The Revised Penal

Code (RPC), viz.:

Article 266-A. Rape: When And How Committed. - Rape is committed:

1) By a man who shall have carnal knowledge of a woman under any of the following
circumstances:

a) Through force, threat, or intimidation;

b) When the offended party is deprived of reason or otherwise unconscious;

c) By means of fraudulent machination or grave abuse of authority; and

d) When the offended party is under twelve (12) years of age or is demented, even
though none of the circumstances mentioned above be present.

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