QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 120)
Republic Act No. 120 amends Article 310 of Act No. 3815 (the Revised Penal Code), as amended.
Article 310 governs the crime of qualified theft and specifies the circumstances under which theft is punished more severely.
Qualified theft is punished by the penalties next higher by two degrees than those respectively specified in the next preceding article.
It is qualified theft if the theft is committed by a domestic servant.
If the theft is committed with grave abuse of confidence, it is qualified theft.
The property stolen is a motor vehicle, mail matter, or large cattle; or it consists of coconuts taken from the premises of a plantation; or fish taken from a fishpond or fishery.
The theft of a motor vehicle is expressly listed as a circumstance that makes theft qualified.
The theft of mail matter is expressly included as a ground for qualified theft.
The theft of large cattle is one of the enumerated circumstances that qualifies theft.
The theft is qualified if the property stolen consists of coconuts taken from the premises of a plantation.
The theft is qualified if the property stolen consists of fish taken from a fishpond or fishery.
The penalty for qualified theft is computed by taking the penalties in the next preceding article and elevating them by two degrees.
It changes the text of Article 310 and reiterates the penalty scheme—qualified theft is punished by penalties next higher by two degrees.
It takes effect upon its approval.
RA 120 was approved on June 14, 1947.
The theft is treated as qualified theft and is punished under the two-degree higher penalty rule specified in Article 310.