Text of the provision
Art. 57. Penalty to be imposed upon accessories of an attempted crime. -The penalty lower by two degrees than that prescribed by law for the attempt shall be imposed upon the accessories to the attempt to commit a felony.
Revised Penal Code of the Philippines, Act No. 3815, as amended. Reproduced in full. The three sources consulted do not read identically here; the text above is the reading carried by two of the three, including the Official Gazette.
What this article means
The bottom of the graduation table. An accessory to an attempted felony is punished two degrees lower than the penalty the law prescribes for the attempt.
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Related provisions
- Article 56 — Accomplices In Attempted Crimes.
- Article 60 — Exception To Articles 50–57.
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