Text of the provision
Art. 122. Piracy in general and mutiny on the high seas. -The penalty of reclusion temporal shall be inflicted upon any person who, on the high seas, shall attack or seize a vessel or, not being a member of its complement nor a passenger, shall seize the whole or part of the cargo of said vessel, its equipment or personal belongings of its complement or passengers. The same penalty shall be inflicted in case of mutiny on the high seas.
Revised Penal Code of the Philippines, Act No. 3815, as amended. Reproduced in full from the official enactment and verified against the LawPhil and ChanRobles renderings.
What this article means
The penalty of reclusion temporal falls on anyone who, on the high seas, attacks or seizes a vessel, or who — not being crew or passenger — seizes the cargo, equipment or belongings of those on board. The same penalty applies to mutiny on the high seas.
Related provisions
- Article 120 — Correspondence With Hostile Country.
- Article 124 — Arbitrary Detention By Officers.
On this text. This article is reproduced as the Revised Penal Code enacted it, verified word-for-word against two independent sources. Republic Act No. 10951 (2017) revised the penalty amounts in many other articles of this Code; where an amount appears below it is the figure this article itself carries.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.