ANO BA ANG PINAG KAIBA NG ADULTERY, BIGAMY, AT CONCUBINAGE (TAGALOG) PART 3

ANO BA ANG PINAG KAIBA NG ADULTERY, BIGAMY, AT CONCUBINAGE (TAGALOG) PART 3

Adultery, Bigamy, and Concubinage: Definitions and Legal Articles

Adultery:

Definition: Adultery involves a married person engaging in sexual relations with someone who is not their spouse.
Legal Reference (Philippines): Article 333 of the Revised Penal Code.
Article 333: "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."

Bigamy:
-Definition: Bigamy is the act of marrying another person while still legally married to someone else.
Legal Reference (Philippines): Article 349 of the Revised Penal Code.
Article 349: "The penalty of prision mayor shall be imposed upon any person who shall contract a second or subsequent marriage before the former marriage has been legally dissolved, or before the absent spouse has been declared presumptively dead by means of a judgment rendered in the proper proceedings."

Concubinage:
Definition: Concubinage involves a married man cohabiting with a woman who is not his wife under scandalous circumstances or having sexual relations under certain conditions.
Legal Reference (Philippines): Article 334 of the Revised Penal Code.
Article 334: "Concubinage is committed by 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. The concubine shall suffer the penalty of destierro."

Key Differences:
1. Adultery:
Specifically pertains to a married woman and her male partner.
Criminalizes the act of sexual intercourse outside the marriage.
The man must know that the woman is married to be culpable.

2. Bigamy:
Involves marrying another person while still legally married.
Focuses on the act of entering into a new marriage without dissolving the previous one.
Does not necessarily involve cohabitation or sexual intercourse.

3. Concubinage:
Specifically pertains to a married man and his female partner.
Criminalizes the act of keeping a mistress under scandalous circumstances, having scandalous sexual relations, or cohabiting with a mistress.
The mistress (concubine) also faces legal penalties.

These definitions and legal references highlight the distinctions and legal ramifications of each offense under Philippine law.