RA9262, Adultery for Women, Concubinage for Men

Below, we will try to explain in TAGALOG and ENGLISH ang meaning ng Adultery, at Concubinage. 

ADULTERY: According to the Revised Penal Code, Adultery is define as: 

“Adultery is committed by any married woman who shall have sexual intercourse with a man not her husband and by the man who has carnal knowledge of her knowing her to be married, even if the marriage be subsequently declared void. Adultery shall be punished by prision correccional in its medium and maximum periods.” - Article 333

PENALTY for ADULTERY:

Medium Term: Range - 2 years, 4months, and 1 day, 
4 years, 2 months imprisonment
Maximum Term: Range - 4 years, 2 months and 1 day
6 years imprisonment

According to the Revised Penal Code, Concubinage is define as: 

“Any husband who shall keep a mistress in the conjugal dwelling, or shall have sexual intercourse, under scandalous circumstances, with a woman who is not his wife, or shall cohabit with her in any other place, shall be punished by prision correccional in its minimum and medium periods.”

Paano daw ang Concubinage na kaso sa asawa o Husband?

1.) Isinasama ang kabit sa bahay na conjugal property o pagmamay-ari ng legal na mag-asawa

2.) Pakikipagtalik ng asawang lalaki under scandalous circumstances sa babaeng hindi niya asawa

3.) Ang pagsasama or titira ang babae at asawang lalaki sa iisang bubong sa kahit saang lugar

PENALTY for CONCUBINAGE:

HUSBAND PENALTY: Minimum: Imprisonment for a minimum period mula 6 months and one day.

Medium: Imprisonment for 2 years, 4 months and one day to 4 years and one day

Maximum: Imprisonment for 4 years and one day

MISTRESS PENALTY: Exile

RA 9262 or Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act of 2004

(a) "Violence against women and their children" refers to any act or a series of acts committed by any person against a woman who is his wife, former wife, or against a woman with whom the person has or had a sexual or dating relationship, or with whom he has a common child, or against her child whether legitimate or illegitimate, within or without the family abode, which result in or is likely to result in physical, sexual, psychological harm or suffering, or economic abuse including threats of such acts, battery, assault, coercion, harassment or arbitrary deprivation of liberty. It includes, but is not limited to, the following acts:

A. "Physical Violence" refers to acts that include bodily or physical harm;

B. "Sexual violence" refers to an act which is sexual in nature, committed against a woman or her child. It includes, but is not limited to:

a) rape, sexual harassment, acts of lasciviousness, treating a woman or her child as a sex object, making demeaning and sexually suggestive remarks, physically attacking the sexual parts of the victim's body, forcing her/him to watch obscene publications and indecent shows or forcing the woman or her child to do indecent acts and/or make films thereof, forcing the wife and mistress/lover to live in the conjugal home or sleep together in the same room with the abuser;

b) acts causing or attempting to cause the victim to engage in any sexual activity by force, threat of force, physical or other harm or threat of physical or other harm or coercion;

c) Prostituting the woman or child.

C. "Psychological violence" refers to acts or omissions causing or likely to cause mental or emotional suffering of the victim such as but not limited to intimidation, harassment, stalking, damage to property, public ridicule or humiliation, repeated verbal abuse and mental infidelity. It includes causing or allowing the victim to witness the physical, sexual or psychological abuse of a member of the family to which the victim belongs, or to witness pornography in any form or to witness abusive injury to pets or to unlawful or unwanted deprivation of the right to custody and/or visitation of common children.

D. "Economic abuse" refers to acts that make or attempt to make a woman financially dependent which includes, but is not limited to the following:

1. withdrawal of financial support or preventing the victim from engaging in any legitimate profession, occupation, business or activity, except in cases wherein the other spouse/partner objects on valid, serious and moral grounds as defined in Article 73 of the Family Code;

2. deprivation or threat of deprivation of financial resources and the right to the use and enjoyment of the conjugal, community or property owned in common;

3. destroying household property;

4. controlling the victims' own money or properties or solely controlling the conjugal money or properties.

PENALTY for RA 9262:

Physical Violence -

Sexual Violence -

Psychological Violence

Economic Abuse -

Penalties include Imprisonment for 6 years to 12 years, fine ranging from P100,000 to P300,000 and mandatory Psychological counselling and Psychiatric treatment for the abuser

Mga sangay ng gobyerno kung saan pwedeng makahinng tulong:

Where to ask help for RA 9262?

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Crisis Intervention Unit (CIU) Rehabilitation Unit Tel. No.: (02) 734-8635 NCR Ugnayang Pag-asa, Legarda, Manila Tel. Nos.: (02) 734-8617 to 18

Philippine National Police (PNP) Women and Children’s Concern Division (WCCD) Tel. No.: (02) 723-0401 loc. 3480 Call or text 117 (PATROL 117)

National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Violence Against Women and Children’s Desk (VAWCD) Tel. Nos.: (02) 523-8231 loc. 3403

DOJ Public Attorney’s Office Women's Desk
Tel. Nos.: (02) 929-9010; 929-9436 to 37

Philippine General Hospital (PGH) Women’s Desk Tel. Nos.: (02) 524-2990; 521-8450 loc. 3816

Women’s Crisis Center Women and Children Crisis Care & Protection Unit – East Avenue Medical Center (WCCCPU-EAMC) Tel. Nos.: (02) 926-7744; 922-5235

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