Art.

the following are exempt from criminal

12. Circumstances liability:
which exempt from
criminal liability.
1. An imbecile or 1. An imbecile or an insane person, unless the When the imbecile or an insane person has
an insane latter has acted during a lucid interval. committed an act which the law defines as a
felony (delito), the court shall order his
confinement in one of the hospitals or asylums
established for persons thus afflicted, which he
shall not be permitted to leave without first
obtaining the permission of the same court.
2. under nine years 2. A person under nine years of age. R.A 9344 Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act :15
of age yrs old
3. A person over 3. A person over nine years of age and under R.A 9344 Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act :
nine years of age fifteen, unless he has acted with discernment, above 15 but below 18 yrs old
and under fifteen, in which case, such minor shall be proceeded
unless he has acted against in accordance with the provisions of When such minor is adjudged to be criminally
with discernment Art. 80 of this Code. irresponsible, the court, in conformably with the
provisions of this and the preceding paragraph,
shall commit him to the care and custody of his
family who shall be charged with his
surveillance and education otherwise, he shall be
committed to the care of some institution or
person mentioned in said Art. 80.
4. Accident 4. Any person who, while performing a lawful 1. Person is performing a lawful act
act with due care, causes an injury by mere 2. With due care
accident without fault or intention of causing 3. E causes injury to another by mere accident
it. 4. Without fault or intention of causing it
1. compulsion of irresistible force.

5. Any person who act under the compulsion 1. that the compulsion is by means of physical
of irresistible force. force
2. that the physical force must be irresistable
3. that the physical force must come from a
third person

6. impulse of an 6. Any person who acts under the impulse of 1. That the threat which causes the fearis of an
uncontrollable fear an uncontrollable fear of an equal or greater evil greater than, or at least equal to, that
injury. which h is required to commit
2. That it promises an evil of such gravity and
imminence that the ordinary man would
have succumbed to it

7. insuperable 7. Any person who fails to perform an act 1. That an act is required by law to be done
cause. required by law, when prevented by some 2. That a person fails to perform such act
lawful insuperable cause. 3. That his failure to perform such act is due to
some lawful or insuperable cause