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.
What this article means
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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Related provisions
- Article 292 — Revealing Industrial Secrets.
- Article 299 — Robbery In An Inhabited House.
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.
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