Text of the provision
Art. 41. Reclusion perpetua and reclusion temporal-Their accessory penalties. -The penalties of reclusion perpetua and reclusion temporal shall carry with them that of civil interdiction for life or during the period of the sentence as the case may be, and that of perpetual absolute disqualification which the offender shall suffer even though pardoned as to the principal penalty, unless the same shall have been expressly remitted in the pardon.
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
Reclusion perpetua and reclusion temporal automatically carry civil interdiction — for life or for the period of the sentence, as the case may be — and perpetual absolute disqualification. The disqualification stays even if the offender is pardoned for the main penalty, unless the pardon expressly remits it.
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Related provisions
- Article 34 — Civil Interdiction Explained.
- Article 42 — Accessories Of Prision Mayor.
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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