Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 1084)
Republic Act No. 1084 amends Section 267 of the Revised Penal Code concerning kidnapping and serious illegal detention.
Penalties range from reclusion perpetua (life imprisonment) to death, depending on circumstances such as duration, injury, victim status, and ransom demands.
The penalty is reclusion perpetua to death.
The penalty is reclusion perpetua to death.
The penalty prescribed is reclusion perpetua to death.
Kidnapping or detention of minors, females, or public officers carries a penalty of reclusion perpetua to death.
The penalty is reclusion perpetua to death.
If the kidnapping or detention was committed for the purpose of extorting ransom, the penalty is death even if other circumstances are absent.
The law specifically applies to any private individual who kidnaps or detains another.
The Act took effect upon its approval on June 15, 1954.