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Legal Definitions of Rape in the Philippines by romeo n bartolome is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document discusses the classification of rape involving a mentally retarded victim. It states that such a victim should be considered "deprived of reason" rather than "demented", and so the crime would be classified as rape under subparagraph (b) rather than (d) of Article 266-A(1) of the Revised Penal Code. It also holds that the term "statutory rape" should only apply where the victim is under 12 years old, and that rape of a person with mental abnormalities should be classified as simple rape under A
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- romeo n bartolome
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- EN