ADJUS-121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Malum Prohibitum, Prudence, Revised Penal Code Of The Philippines
2 Sep 2020
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Acts and omissions punishable by law are felonies. Acts an overt or external act. Omission failure to perform a duty required by law. Example of an omission: failure to render assistance to anyone who is in danger of dying or is in an uninhabited place or is wounded abandonment. Felonies acts and omissions punishable by the revised penal code. Crime acts and omissions punishable by any law. There must be (1) an act or omission; (2) punishable by the revised penal code; and (3) the act is performed or the omission incurred by means of dolo or culpa. How felonies are committed: by means of deceit (dolo) there is deceit when the act is performed with deliberate intent. In criminal law, intent is categorized into two: (1) general criminal intent; and (2) specific criminal intent. General criminal intent is presumed from the mere doing of a wrong act.
