Criminal law in the Philippines refers to the body of law that defines criminal offenses and the corresponding penalties for such offenses. The Revised Penal Code of the Philippines, enacted in 1930, is the primary law that defines criminal offenses and penalties in the country. The Revised Penal Code applies to crimes committed within the Philippines or against a government facility of the Philippines abroad, including its embassy, diplomatic or consular premises regardless of the location of the perpetrator or when the effects happen in these places.pdf). The penal laws of the Philippines have general application, which means that they bind all people who live or sojourn in the Philippines. The Philippine legal system is a mixture of customary usage, Roman (civil law) and Anglo-American (common law) systems, and Islamic law.