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GRAVE FELONIES - are those in which the

law attaches a capital punishment or a

penalty which is afflictive in any of its

periods.

LESS GRAVE FELONIES - are those in which

the penalties in their maximum period are

correctional.

LIGHT FELONIES - are those infractions of

law in which the penalty is arresto menor

or a fine not exceeding 200 pesos or both.

1. Rape 1. Sedition 1. Vagrancy2. Treason 2. Slavery 2. Light threats3. Infanticide 3. Arbitrary detention 3. Light coercions4. Parricide 4. Violation of Domicile 4. Betting in sports contest5. Murder 5. Direct Bribery 5. Illegal cockfighting6. Homicide 6. Disloyalty of public officers or employees 6. Alteration of Boundary Marks7. Mutilation 7. Espionage 7. Prostitution8. Destructive Arson 8. Grave Scandal 8. Alarms and scandals9. Qualified Bribery 9. Unintentional Abortion 9. Gambling10. Intentional Abortion 10. Disturbance of proceeding 10. Malicious mischief (if such value does not

exceed 200 pesos)

11. Qualified Piracy 11. Forcible Abduction 11. Intriguing against honor12. Robbery with homicide 12. Interruption of religious worship 12. Using false certificates13. Kidnapping and serious illegal detention 13. Giving assistance to suicide 13. Slight physical injury14. Kidnapping and failure to return minor 14. Falsification of Legislative documents 14. Slander by deed (if it is not serious in

nature)

15. Counterfeiting the great seal of theGovernment of the Philippine Island 15. Flight to enemys country 15. Theft (the value of thing stolen is not over 5pesos, and the offender acted under the

impulse of hunger, poverty)

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