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Presidential Decree No. 767 is enacted by the President by virtue of the powers vested by the Constitution.
Presidential Decree No. 767 corrects a disparity between the penalty for rape and the penalty for robbery with rape when committed under comparable aggravating circumstances.
Presidential Decree No. 767 recognizes that the penalty for robbery with rape is less increased than the penalty for rape when rape is committed with a deadly weapon or by two or more persons.
Presidential Decree No. 767 establishes that robbery with rape is more serious than rape and should receive the same penalty when robbery with rape is committed under the same circumstances.

Presidential Decree No. 767 amends Article 294 of the Revised Penal Code by revising the penalty under Article 294(2) relating to robbery with violence against or intimidation of persons.
The amended provision provides that a person guilty of robbery with violence against or intimidation of any person shall suffer the penalties stated in Article 294.
Under the amended Article 294(2), the penalty is reclusion temporal in its medium period to reclusion perpetua when the robbery has been accompanied by rape or intentional mutilation, or when, by reason or on occasion of such robbery, any physical injuries penalized in subdivision 1 of Article 263 have been inflicted.
Article 294(2) further provides a conditional higher penalty when the robbery involves rape under additional circumstances.

Article 294(2) requires reclusion perpetua to death when the robbery is accompanied by rape and the rape is committed:
- with the use of a deadly weapon, or
- by two or more persons.
The qualifying circumstances in Article 294(2) apply specifically to robbery accompanied with rape, not to other accompaniments listed in Article 294(2).

Presidential Decree No. 767 contains a direct amendment to Article 294(2) of the Revised Penal Code.
Presidential Decree No. 767 provides immediate effectivity upon issuance.
Presidential Decree No. 767 does not create separate procedures for prosecution, filing, or administrative implementation; it adjusts only the penalty structure in the amended penal provision.