Text of the provision
Art. 206. Unjust interlocutory order. -Any judge who shall knowingly render an unjust interlocutory order or decree shall suffer the penalty of arresto mayor in its minimum period and suspension; but if he shall have acted by reason of inexcusable negligence or ignorance and the interlocutory order or decree be manifestly unjust, the penalty shall be suspension.
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
A judge who knowingly issues an unjust interlocutory order or decree suffers arresto mayor in its minimum period and suspension. If instead he acted through inexcusable negligence or ignorance and the order is manifestly unjust, the penalty is suspension only.
Related provisions
- Article 205 — Unjust Judgment Through Negligence.
- Article 207 — Malicious Delay Of Justice.
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.