Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 11926)
The penalty is arresto menor or a fine not exceeding Forty thousand pesos (P40,000).
The person shall suffer the penalty of prision correccional in its minimum and medium periods unless the act qualifies as frustrated or attempted parricide, murder, homicide, or any other crime with a higher penalty in the Revised Penal Code.
The penalty is arresto mayor in its maximum period unless the act constitutes another offense with a higher prescribed penalty.
They shall suffer a penalty one degree higher than that prescribed and may be held administratively liable.
The firearm license or permit shall be summarily cancelled and the offender shall be perpetually disqualified from obtaining any firearm license or permit.
The Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Yes, it provides a separability clause which states that if any provision of the Act is held invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected shall remain valid and subsisting.
Article 155 is amended to penalize the discharge of rockets, firecrackers, or other explosives causing alarm or danger with arresto menor or a fine up to P40,000.
Shooting at another with a firearm can lead to prision correccional, while wilful and indiscriminate discharge without targeting a person leads to arresto mayor in its maximum period.
To ensure that all laws, orders, rules, or regulations contrary to the provisions of this Act are modified or repealed to conform with this new legal standard.