Text of the provision
Art. 50. Penalty to be imposed upon principals of a frustrated crime. -The penalty next lower in degree than that prescribed by law for the consummated felony shall be imposed upon the principal in a frustrated felony.
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 principal in a frustrated felony gets the penalty one degree lower than the penalty the law sets for the completed crime.
Questions about this provision
- Is an attempt punished less heavily than a frustrated crime, and by how many degrees?
- The crime was stopped before it was completed — is the penalty lower than for a finished crime?
Related provisions
- Article 42 — Accessories Of Prision Mayor.
- Article 51 — Penalty For Attempted Crimes.
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.