Text of the provision
Art. 60. Exception to the rules established in articles 50 to 57. -The provisions contained in articles 50 to 57, inclusive, of this Code shall not be applicable to cases in which the law expressly prescribes the penalty provided for a frustrated or attempted felony, or to be imposed upon accomplices or accessories.
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
The step-down rules in articles 50 to 57 do not apply where the law expressly states its own penalty for a frustrated or attempted felony, or its own penalty for accomplices or accessories. In those cases the specific penalty written into the law governs.
Related provisions
- Article 56 — Accomplices In Attempted Crimes.
- Article 66 — How Courts Fix Fines.
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.