Serious Physical Injuries
What
are serious physical injuries?
They
are:
1. When the injured person becomes insane,
imbecile, impotent, or blind in consequence of the physical injuries inflicted.
2. When the injured person
(a) loses the use of speech or the power to hear or to smell, or loses an eye,
a hand, a foot, an arm, or a leg, or (b) loses the use of any such member, or
(c) becomes incapacitated for the work in which he was theretofore habitually
engaged, in consequence of the physical injuries inflicted.
3. When the person
injured (a) becomes deformed, or (b) loses any other member of his body, or (c)
loses the use thereof, or (d) becomes ill or incapacitated for the performance
of the work in which he was habitually engaged for more than 90 days, in
consequence of the physical injuries inflicted.
4. When the injured
person becomes ill or incapacitated for labor for more than 30 days (but must
not be more than 90 days), as a result of the physical injuries inflicted (Reyes,
Luis B., The Revised Penal Code, Criminal Law, Book Two, Articles 114-367, 2021
Edition, page 661, Rex Book Store).
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