Text of the provision
Sec. 6. Penalties. - The crime of violence against women and their children, under Section 5 hereof shall be punished according to the following rules:
(a) Acts falling under Section 5
(a) constituting attempted, frustrated or consummated parricide or murder or homicide shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the Revised Penal Code. If these acts resulted in mutilation, it shall be punishable in accordance with the Revised Penal Code; those constituting serious physical injuries shall have the penalty of prison mayor; those constituting less serious physical injuries shall be punished by prision correccional; and those constituting slight physical injuries shall be punished by arresto mayor. Acts falling under Section 5
(b) shall be punished by imprisonment of two degrees lower than the prescribed penalty for the consummated crime as specified in the preceding paragraph but shall in no case be lower than arresto mayor.
(b) Acts falling under Section 5
(c) and 5
(d) shall be punished by arresto mayor;
(c) Acts falling under Section 5
(e) shall be punished by prision correccional;
(d) Acts falling under Section 5
(f) shall be punished by arresto mayor;
(e) Acts falling under Section 5
(g) shall be punished by prision mayor;
(f) Acts falling under Section 5
(h) and Section 5
(i) shall be punished by prision mayor. If the acts are committed while the woman or child is pregnant or committed in the presence of her child, the penalty to be applied shall be the maximum period of penalty prescribed in the section. In addition to imprisonment, the perpetrator shall
(a) pay a fine in the amount of not less than One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000.00) but not more than three hundred thousand pesos (300,000.00);
(b) undergo mandatory psychological counseling or psychiatric treatment and shall report compliance to the court.
Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004, Republic Act No. 9262 (2004). Reproduced in full from the official enactment and verified word-for-word against the LawPhil and ChanRobles renderings.
What this section means
Sets the punishment for each act in Section 5, ranging from arresto mayor up through prision correccional and prision mayor, with acts amounting to parricide, murder, homicide or mutilation punished under the Revised Penal Code. If the acts are done while the woman or child is pregnant or in the presence of her child, the maximum period of the prescribed penalty applies. On top of imprisonment the offender must pay a fine of not less than P100,000.00 but not more than P300,000.00 and undergo mandatory psychological counseling or psychiatric treatment, reporting compliance to the court.
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