Criminal Law — 2027 Bar syllabus

Criminal Law (10% of the 2027 Bar, Day 3 · Sunday, 12 September 2027 · Morning): the syllabus with review notes for 151 topics.

• L. Anti-Plunder Act (RA 7080, as amended by RA 7659)
• 7. Participation in Acts Giving Rise to Criminal Liability
• V. Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act (RA 10591, Secs. 3 and 28–41)
• 1. Classification
• D. Title IV – Crimes Against Public Interest
• H. Anti-Money Laundering Act (RA 9160, as amended by RA 9194, 10167, 10365, 10927, 11521, 11930, and 12312)
• S. Arson Law (PD 1613)
• G. Title VII – Crimes Committed by Public Officers
• b. Prohibition on Death Penalty Imposition (RA 9346)
• IV. Special Penal Laws
• U. Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees (RA 6713, Secs. 4, 7–9, and 11)
• a. Justifying Circumstances
• 5. Preference in Payment of Civil Liability
• i. As a Mode of Incurring Criminal Liability
• C. Title III – Crimes Against Public Order
• A. Access Devices Regulation Act (RA 8484, Secs. 3, 9–14, and 17, as amended by RA 11449)
• 2. Partial Extinction
• a. Absorption Principle
• d. Spontaneous Desistance
• a. Proximate Cause
• a. Preparatory and Overt Acts
• a. Death of Convict
• F. Title VI – Crimes Against Public Morals
• 3. Bill of Attainder
• BB. Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act (RA 7610, as amended by RA 9231 and 11648)
• b. Subjective Phase and Objective Phase
• c. Amnesty
• B. Construction and Application of Penal Laws
• 1. Primary and Subsidiary Liability
• Z. Obstruction of Justice (PD 1829)
• 2. Effects of Repeal or Amendment
• M. Anti-Sexual Harassment Act (RA 7877)
• e. Credit for Preventive Imprisonment
• i. Prescription of Crimes
• 3. Civil Liability of Persons Exempt from Criminal Liability
• 1. Excluded from coverage. See instead special laws on illegal gambling (PD 1602, as amended by RA 9287)
• 5. Plurality of Crimes
• c. Compound Complex Crime
• F. Anti-Hazing Act (RA 8049, as amended by RA 11053)
• D. Cardinal Principles of Criminal Law
• d. Probation (PD 968, as amended by RA 10707)
• f. Absolutory Causes
• 1. All except Arts. 312–314 and 328–331
• J. Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism Act (RA 9995)
• 4. Stages of Execution
• T. Bouncing Checks Law (BP 22; AC 12-2000 and 13-2001)
• A. Nullum Crimen, Nulla Poena Sine Lege
• 3. Gravity
• 5. Determination of Imposable Penalty
• I. Anti-Online Sexual Abuse or Exploitation of Children and Anti-Child Sexual Abuse or Exploitation Materials Act (RA 11930, Secs. 3–14 and 25)
• I. Fundamental Principles of Criminal Law
• 3. Retroactive Effect of Penal Laws
• J. Title X – Crimes Against Property
• 8. Circumstances Affecting Criminal Liability
• 3. Duration and Effects
• M. Title XIII – Crimes Against Honor
• C. Malum In Se and Malum Prohibitum
• 1. All except Arts. 205–208, 226–234, 236–238, and 242–245
• c. Reiteración or Habituality
• 2. Territoriality
• b. Service of Sentence
• DD. Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act (RA 10168, Secs. 4–14)
• b. Conspiracy and Proposal
• 1. Felony and Crime, Defined and Distinguished
• c. Threefold Rule
• H. Title VIII – Crimes Against Persons
• f. Continuous/Continued Crime (Delito Continuado) vs. Continuing/Transitory Crime
• a. Recidivism
• b. Single Impulse Rule
• 2. Principal and Accessory Penalties
• D. Extinction of Criminal Liability
• 1. All except Arts. 290–292
• I. Title IX – Crimes Against Personal Liberty and Security
• d. Multi-recidivism or Habitual Delinquency
• II. The Revised Penal Code – Book One
• 1. Actus Reus and Mens Rea
• Q. Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act (RA 9262, Secs. 3–6 and 24–27)
• c. Mitigating Circumstances
• C. Anti-Fencing Law of 1979 (PD 1612)
• O. Anti-Torture Act (RA 9745, Secs. 3–8 and 13–16)
• a. Principals, Accomplices, and Accessories
• X. Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 (RA 10175, Ch. II)
• 6. Subsidiary Penalty
• 4. Apportionment of Civil Liability
• B. New Anti-Carnapping Act of 2016 (RA 10883, Secs. 2–4)
• 9. Repetition of Crimes
• b. Quasi-recidivism
• 2. Intent and Motive
• b. Commutation of Sentence
• N. Title XIV – Quasi-offenses
• 6. Extinction and Survival of Civil Liability
• W. Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law, Genocide, and Other Crimes Against Humanity (RA 9851, Ch. III)
• 2. Dolo and Culpa
• G. Anti-Hospital Deposit Law (BP 702, as amended by RA 10932)
• E. Civil Liability Ex Delicto
• CC. Swindling by Syndicate (PD 1689)
• R. Anti-Wire Tapping Act (RA 4200)
• 6. Duty of Courts When Act is Non-punishable or Penalty is Excessive
• d. Complex Crime Proper
• P. Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act (RA 9208, Secs. 3–6 and 10–12, as amended by RA 10364, 11862, and 12312)
• d. Parole
• 4. Application and Graduation
• A. Felonies
• a. Conditional Pardon
• b. Efficient Intervening Cause
• 4. Ex Post Facto Law
• N. Anti-Terrorism Act (RA 11479)
• A. Title I – Crimes Against National Security and the Law of Nations
• K. Anti-Piracy and Anti-Highway Robbery Law (PD 532)
• e. Alternative Circumstances
• 1. Total Extinction
• iii. Prescription of Penalties
• C. Penalties
• b. Successive Service of Sentence
• d. Aggravating Circumstances (See also RA 9165, Sec. 25; RA 10175, Sec. 6; RA 10591, Sec. 29)
• f. Marriage between Offender and Offended Party
• B. Title II – Crimes Against the Fundamental Laws of the State
• III. The Revised Penal Code – Book Two
• AA. Safe Spaces Act (RA 11313, Secs. 11–16 and 36)
• e. Special Complex Crime or Composite Crime
• 2. Restitution, Reparation, and Indemnification
• 4. Suppletory Application of the Revised Penal Code
• 1. Generality
• d. Absolute Pardon
• c. Good Conduct Time Allowance (RA 10592)
• E. Title V – Crimes Relative to Opium and Other Prohibited Drugs
• L. Title XII – Crimes Against the Civil Status of Persons
• 5. Excessive Fines; Cruel, Degrading, or Inhuman Punishment
• b. Exempting Circumstances (See also RA 9208, Sec. 17, as amended; RA 9262, Sec. 26; RA 9344, Sec. 6, as amended by RA 10630)
• K. Title XI – Crimes Against Chastity
• 2. Due Process
• 1. Equal Protection
• B. Criminal Liability
• 1. Pro Reo Principle
• E. Constitutional Limitations on the Power to Enact Penal Laws
• c. Attempted, Frustrated, and Consummated Stages
• Y. Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act (RA 9344, Titles I, IV, and VII, as amended by RA 10630)
• D. Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act (RA 12010, Secs. 3–5 and 16–21)
• ii. Prescription under Special Laws (Act 3326)
• a. Indeterminate Sentence Law (Act 4103, as amended)
• 1. Repealed. See instead Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 (RA 9165, Art. II, as amended by RA 10640; See also AM 18-03-16-SC)
• E. Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (RA 3019, as amended by BP 195 and RA 10910)
• a. Community Service (See also AM 20-06-14-SC)
• 5. Impossible Crime
• 1. All except Arts. 146–147 and 160
• 4. Aberratio Ictus; Error In Personae; Praeter Intentionem
• 7. Execution and Service
• 1. All except Arts. 161–162, 164–165, 173–176, and 185–187
• 1. All except Arts. 260–261
• ii. As a Criminal Act
• 3. Prospectivity