'Aiding' in document 'Philippines - Revised Penal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Title Two
PERSONS CRIMINALLY LIABLE FOR FELONIES

ARTICLE 17. Principals.
— The following are considered principals :

1. Those who take a direct part in the execution of the act ;
2. Those who directly force or induce others to commit it ;
3. Those who cooperate in the commission of the offense by another act without which it would not have been accomplished.

Title Two
PERSONS CRIMINALLY LIABLE FOR FELONIES

ARTICLE 18. Accomplices.
— Accomplices are those persons who, not being included in article 17, cooperate in the execution of the offense by previous or simultaneous acts.

Title Two
PERSONS CRIMINALLY LIABLE FOR FELONIES

ARTICLE 19. Accessories.
— Accessories are those who, having knowledge of the commission of the crime, and without having participated therein, either as principals or accomplices, take part subsequent to its commission in any of the following manners :

1. By profiting themselves or assisting the offender to profit by the effects of the crime.
2. By concealing or destroying the body of the crime, or the effects or instruments thereof, in order to prevent its discovery.
3. By harboring, concealing, or assisting in the escape of the principal of the crime, provided the accessory acts with abuse of his public functions or whenever the author of the crime is guilty of treason, parricide, murder, or an attempt to take the life of the Chief Executive, or is known to be habitually guilty of some other crime.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 25
Individual criminal responsibility
3. In accordance with this Statute, a person shall be criminally responsible and liable for punishment for a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court if that person:
(c) For the purpose of facilitating the commission of such a crime, aids, abets or otherwise assists in its commission or its attempted commission, including providing the means for its commission