Text of the provision

Art. 297. Attempted and frustrated robbery committed under certain circumstances. -When by reason or on occasion of an attempted or frustrated robbery a homicide is committed the person guilty of such offenses shall be punished by reclusion temporal in its maximum period to reclusion perpetua, unless the homicide committed shall deserve a higher penalty under the provisions of this Code.

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.

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When a homicide is committed by reason or on occasion of an attempted or frustrated robbery, the offender is punished by reclusion temporal in its maximum period to reclusion perpetua, unless the homicide deserves a higher penalty under another provision of this Code.

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