DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ACT OF LASCIVIOUSNESS VS RAPE
ACT OF LASCIVIOUSNESS
- Crime against chastity
Elements
- The offender commits any act of
lasciviousness or lewdness against the
offended party who is another person of
either sex
- That is done
 By using force or intimidation
 By deprivation of reason or
consciousness
 When the offended party is
under 12 years of age even
though neither of the above
circumstances are present
 The felony of act of lasciviousness does
not require an intent
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RAPE
- Crime against person
Elements
- It must be committed by a man who shall
have carnal knowledge of a woman
through
 Force, threat or intimidation
 When the offended party is
deprived of reason or otherwise
unconscious
 By means of fraudulent
machination or grave abuse of
authority
 When the offended party is
under 12 years of age or is
demented, even though none of
the circumstances mentioned
above be present
- By any person, who shall commit an act of
sexual assault by injecting his penis to
another person’s mouth or anal orifice, or
any instrument or object, into the genital
or anal orifice of another person.
 The felony of rape/attempted rape
requires intent
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PHYSICAL INJURIES, MURDER AND HOMICIDE

PHYSICAL INJURY MURDER HOMICIDE

- Intentional killing with - Any killing of a person by
premeditation (plan to another person
kill) - Justifiable killing such as
- Unlawful self-defense, defending
- Committed with malice another person
- Behaviour which shows
extremely reckless
disregard for life and
results in victim’s death
- Serious - First degree, second -
- Less serious degree and third degree
- Slight

They all involve infliction of physical injury. When the injury or injuries result in the death of
the victim, the crime is either homicide or murder.

When the person does not die:

If intent is absent, it is simply physical injury; otherwise it is either attempted or frustrated
homicide/murder