Text of the provision
Art. 34. Civil interdiction. -Civil interdiction shall deprive the offender during the time of his sentence of the rights of parental authority, or guardianship, either as to the person or property of any ward, of marital authority, of the right to manage his property and of the right to dispose of such property by any act or any conveyance inter vivos.
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
Civil interdiction strips the offender, for the duration of his sentence, of parental authority, guardianship over the person or property of a ward, marital authority, the right to manage his property, and the right to dispose of that property by any act or conveyance inter vivos (that is, while living).
Questions about this provision
- Can a convicted person still sell or manage his own property while serving sentence?
- Does a parent serving a long prison sentence keep parental authority over his children?
Related provisions
- Article 33 — Effect Of Suspension Penalties.
- Article 41 — Accessory Penalties Of Reclusion.
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.