Article 219 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: ART. 180. 9. SEC. 187. 201. 243. SEC. Officer breaking seal. 229. WebAccordingly, he is sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and ordered to pay private complainant the following amounts: ( a) P75,000.00 as civil indemnity; ( b) Counterfeiting, importing and uttering instruments not payable to bearer. Any public officer or employee who, 1. Article 292 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. 242. 231. By arresto mayor in its medium and maximum periods, if such amount does not exceed Forty thousand pesos (P40,000): Provided, That in the four cases mentioned, the fraud be committed by any of the following means. 28. "2. ", Any pharmacist who, without the proper prescription from a physician, shall dispense any abortive shall suffer arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000).". If the amount exceeds the latter, the penalty shall be reclusion perpetua. 271. "When the offenders do not carry arms, and the value of the property taken exceeds Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000) the penalty next lower in degree shall be imposed. Prostitutes; Penalty. 167. 63. 217. "4. degenderizing prostitution. 1, Revised Penal Code (RPC) provides as a justifying circumstance that the following do not incur any criminal liability: Anyone who acts in defense of his person or SEC. In such eases, and in connection with the accessory penalties which may be imposed and for the purpose of the other provisions of this Code, the penalty shall be termed prision mayor or reclusion temporal as the case may be. By arresto mayor in its medium and maximum periods, if the value of the damage caused exceeds Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000); "2. Any public officer who shall issue a false certificate of merit of service, good conduct or similar circumstances,", "The penalty of arresto mayor shall be imposed upon any private person who shall falsify a certificate falling within the classes mentioned in the two (2) preceding subdivisions.". The law penalizes the violators with the penalty of arresto mayor and a fine ranging from PHP40,000 to PHP200, 000 or imprisonment for a minimum period of "6. 129. 269. 45. Article 266 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. Article 280 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. 70. SEC. Accordingly, this crime of estafa is defined and penalized by Article 315, paragraph 2 (a) of the Revised Penal Code, to wit. "If the value of the gain cannot be ascertained, a fine from Forty thousand pesos (P40,000) to One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000) shall be imposed.". Arresto mayor to its full extent, if such value is over Five hundred pesos (P500) but does not exceed Five thousand pesos (P5,000). The penalty of arresto mayor in its maximum period to prision correccional. 80. 149. 213. - The penalty of arresto menor or a fine not exceeding- Forty thousand pesos (P40,000), or both, shal] be imposed upon any person who shall enter the closed premises or the fenced estate of another, while either oi' both of them are uninhabited, if the prohibition to enter be manifest and the trespasser has not- secured the permission of the owner or the caretaker thereof.". Failure to make delivery of public funds or property. 13. SEC. SEC. SEC. - if the property stolen be any property of the National Library or the National Museum, the penalty shall be arresto mayor or a fine ranging from Forty thousand pesos (P40,000) to One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000), or both, unless a higher penalty should be provided under other provisions of this Code, in which case, the offender shall be punished by such higher penalty.. Correctional and Penal Institutions / 217.420; Article 229 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. Effectivity. Please verify the status of the code you are researching with the state legislature or via Westlaw before relying on it for your legal Libel by means of writings or similar means. 26. Swindling (estafa). an act degenderizing the penal code, article 247. short title. Web Any person who, owing allegiance to (the United States or) the Government of the Philippine Islands, not being a foreigner, levies war against them or adheres to Search warrants maliciously obtained and abuse in the service of those legally obtained. WebArticle 154 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. 236. 7659, is hereby further amended to read as follows: "ART. 286. "5. 21. The penalty of reclusion temporal, if the defendant in said case shall have been sentenced to death; 2. 228. 230. 88. "Likewise, an alien, residing in the Philippines, who commits acts of treason as defined in paragraph 1 of this article shall be punished by reclusion temporal to death and shall pay a fine not to exceed Four million pesos (P4, 000,000). If none of these circumstances be present, the penalty of prision correcccional in its minimum period and a fine not exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (P100, 000) shall be imposed.". - The penalty of arresto mayor and a ''If the robbery be committed in one of the dependencies of an inhabited house, public building, or building dedicated to religious worship, the penalties next lower in degree than those prescribed in this article shall be imposed.". - This Act shall take effect within fifteen (15) days after its publication in at least, two (2) newspapers of general circulation. "No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two (2) witnesses at least to the same over act or on confession of the accused in open court. Article 154 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. Counterfeiting or imitating any handwriting, signature or rubric: "2. - The penalty of arresto mayor and a Article 171 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. SEC. When by reason or on the occasion of the rape, the victim has suffered permanent physical mutilation or disability; 12. "4. 311. - The penalty of prision correccional and a fine not exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (P100.000) shall be imposed upon anyone who shall induce a minor to abandon the home of his parents or guardians or the persons entrusted with his custody., "If the person committing any of the crimes covered by the two (2) preceding 1 articles shall be the father or the mother of the minor, the penalty shall be arresto mayor or a fine not exceeding Forty thousand pesos (P40,000) or both.". Prolonging performance of duties and powers. Penalty for sedition.- The leader of a sedition shall suffer the penalty of prision mayor in its minimum period and a fine not exceeding Two million pesos (P2,000, 000). WebThe Revised Penal Code consists of two Books, 20 Titles, Chapters and 367 Sections. - Any person who makes, imports, or utters false coins, in connivance with counterfeiters, or importers, shall suffer: "1, Prision correccional in its minimum and medium periods and a fine not to exceed Four hundred thousand pesos (P400,000), if the counterfeited coins be any of the coinage of the Philippines. "2. Separability Clause. WebThese rules shall be applicable, under the same circumstances, to parents with respect to their daughters under eighteen years of age, and their seducers, while the daughters are living with their parents. 174. 42. False medical certificates, false certificates of merits or service, etc. Penalties Title Four. - Any person who, by reckless imprudence, shall commit any act which, had it been intentional, would constitute a grave felony, shall suffer the penalty of arresto mayor in its maximum period to prision correccional in its medium period; if it would have constituted a less grave felony, the penalty of arresto mayor in its minimum and medium periods shall be imposed; if it would have constituted a light felony, the penalty of arresto menor in its maximum period shall be imposed. - The penalty of arresto mayor or a fine of Forty thousand pesos (P40,000) to Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000), or both, shall be imposed upon any reporter, editor or manager of a newspaper, daily or magazine, who shall publish facts connected with the private life of another and offensive to the honor, virtue and reputation of said person, even though said publication be made in connection with or under the pretext that it is necessary in the narration of any judicial or administrative proceedings wherein such facts have been mentioned.". being an acrobat, gymnast, rope-walker, diver, wild-animal tamer or circus manager or engaged in a similar calling, shall employ in exhibitions of these kinds children under sixteen (16) years of age who are not his children or descendants. 347. Light coercions. 277. Maltreatment of prisoners. The penalty of prision correccional in its maximum period and a fine not exceeding One million two hundred thousand pesos (P1,200,000) shall be imposed upon any person who, without proper authority therefor alters any bill, resolution or ordinance enacted or approved or pending approval by either House of Congress or any provincial board or municipal council.". "Any person who shall defraud another by means of false pretenses or fraudulent acts as defined in paragraph 2(d) hereof shall be punished by: "1st. Article 176 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. Every penalty imposed for the commission of a felony shall carry with it the forfeiture of the proceeds of the crime and the instruments or tools with which it was committed. 76. 354. 85. WebArticle 154 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. Article 26 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. SEC. - Any person who shall inflict upon another physical injuries not described in the preceding articles, but which shall incapacitate the offended party for labor for ten (10) days or more, or shall require medical assistance for the same period, shall be guilty of less serious physical injuries and shall suffer the penalty of arresto mayor. WebFinally, the private offended party need not fear a forfeiture of his right to file this separate civil action by prescription, in cases where during the prosecution of the criminal action and prior to its extinction, the private-offended party instituted together therewith the civil action. "5. 209. the penalty shall be prision mayor in its minimum and medium periods and a fine not exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000).". 365. "2. Article 148 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. - The penalty of arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000) shall be imposed upon anyone who. Acts tending to prevent the meeting of Congress and similar bodies. Any person engaged in any of the callings enumerated in the next preceding paragraph who shall employ any descendant of his under twelve (12) years of age in such dangerous exhibitions. Correctional and Penal Institutions Section 217.345. 89. - The penalty of arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000) shall be imposed upon any person who. SEC. . Opening of closed documents. Article 9 of Act No. 3815, as amended, otherwise known as the Revised Penal Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Art. - Any person who shall forge, import or utter, in connivance with the forgers or importers, any instrument payable to order or other document of credit not payable to bearer, shall suffer the penalties of prision correccional in its medium and maximum periods and a fine not exceeding One million two hundred thousand pesos (P1,200,000).". Correctional and SEC. Article 154 does not cover all news which may be shown to be false. "8. 2. The same penalty shall be imposed upon any person who shall restrain another from attending as a witness, or who shall induce disobedience to summons or refusal to be sworn by any such body or official.". - Any public officer who, by reason of the duties of his office, is accountable for public funds or property, shall appropriate the same, or shall take or misappropriate or shall consent, through abandonment or negligence, shall permit any other person to take such public funds or property, wholly or partially, or shall otherwise be guilty of the misappropriation or malversation of such funds or property, shall suffer: "1. WebThe distinctions between unlawful use of means of publications under Article 154 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC) and violation of Section 3 (k) of RA No. Article 178 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. shall suffer the penalties of arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000).". 2. ''When the value of the property taken does not exceed Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000), the penalty next lower in degree shall be imposed. SEC. - Any public officer who shall continue to exercise the duties and powers of his office, employment or commission, beyond the period provided by law. If the threat be made in writing or through a middleman, the penalty shall be imposed in its maximum period. Arresto menor in its minimum period or a fine of not exceeding Five thousand pesos (P5,000), when the value of the thing stolen is not over Five hundred pesos (P500), and the offender shall have acted under the impulse of hunger, poverty, or the difficulty of earning a livelihood for the support of himself or his family.". "The failure of a public officer to have duly forthcoming any public funds or property with which he is chargeable, upon demand by any duly authorized officer, shall be prima facie evidence that he has put such missing funds or property to personal uses.". The penalty of prision correccional in its medium and maximum periods, if the value of the thing stolen is more than Six hundred thousand pesos (P600,000) but does not exceed One million two hundred thousand pesos (P1,200,000). 29. 98. 818, is hereby further amended to read as follows: "ART. Grave felonies, less grave felonies and light felonies.- Grave felonies are those to which the law attaches the capital punishment or penalties which in any of their periods are afflictive, in accordance with Article 25 of this Code. 88. WebAnyone who acts in defense of his person or rights, provided that the following circumstances concur: First. The penalty of reclusion temporal, in its medium and maximum periods, if the amount involved is more than Two million four hundred thousand pesos (P2,400,000) but does not exceed Four million four hundred thousand pesos (P4,400,000). Any person who shall knowingly introduce in evidence in any judicial proceeding or to the damage of another or who, with the intent to cause such damage, shall use any of the false documents embraced in the next preceding article, or in any of the foregoing subdivisions of this article, shall be punished by the penalty next lower in degree.". SEC. Article 187 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows; "ART. Refusal to discharge elective office. SEC. In his official capacity, in dealing with any person with regard to furnishing supplies, the making of contracts, or the adjustment or settlement of accounts relating to public property or funds, shall enter into an agreement with any interested party or speculator or make use of any other scheme, to defraud the Government: ''2. SEC. Resistance and disobedience to a person in authority or the agents of such person. 28 U.S. Code Chapter 154 - SPECIAL HABEAS CORPUS PROCEDURES IN CAPITAL CASES . (SGD.) 3. Article 356 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. SEC. SEC. Betrayal of trust by an attorney or solicitor. The penalty of prision correccional in its medium and maximum periods, if the. SEC. SEC. 4. 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