Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 5522

Introduced by Honorable Joaquin M. Chipeco, Jr.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill, to be known as “The Revised Penal Code Indexation Act", provides
for the adjustment of the amounts or the value of property on which a penalty is
based, and the fines imposed under the existing Revised Penal Code or Act No.
3815.

Approved on December 8, 1930, the Revised Penal Code (RPC) took effect
on January 1, 1932. Although the RPC has undergone several amendments,
most of the penalties especially the fines provided therein have been rendered
obsolete with the passage of time. It is the purpose of this bill to render these
fines current and relevant to the times.

To illustrate, obtaining a search warrant without just cause is presently
punishable by arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding P1,000 (Art. 129, RPC).
This latter amount is practically loose change for the offender and does not serve
to deter abuses in the procurement and service of search warrants by public
officers. The same unrealistic fine holds true for the crimes of direct assault (Art.
148), tumults (Art. 153), false testimony favorable to or against a defendant in a
criminal case (Art. 180), and qualified trespass to dwelling (Art. 280). This bill
raises the amount of fine for the said crimes to P200,000.

Worse, some crimes are punishable by a mere PSOO fine in addition to
imprisonment. Examples of these are indirect assault (Art. 149), less serious
physical injuries (Art. 265), unlawful arrest (Art. 269), grave threats (Art. 282),
and revelation of industrial secrets (Art. 292). Even more shocking is an instance
of imposable fine as low as PS (in Art. 287, 24 par., for other coercions or unjust


vexation) and P10, (in Art. 151, 24 par., when resistance and disobedience to a
person in authority is not of a serious nature).

In view therefore of the laudable and urgent objectives of this measure, its
approval at the soonest possible time is recommended,

- JOAQUIN M. CHIPECO, JR.

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Second District, Province of Laguna


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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNO,__9922

Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE JOAQUIN M. CHIPECO, JR.

AN ACT
ADJUSTING THE AMOUNTS OR THE VALUE OF PROPERTY ON WHICH
APENALTY IS BASED, AND THE FINES IMPOSED UNDER THE REVISED
PENAL CODE, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ACT NO. 3815,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “THE REVISED PENAL CODE”, AS AMENDED.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as “The Revised Penal Code
Indexation Act”.

SEC. 2. Article 9 of Act No. 3815, otherwise known as the “Revised Penal Code” is
hereby amended to read as follows:

“Art. 9. Grave felonies, less grave felonies and light
Selonies. - 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 Art. 25 of this Code.

Less grave felonies are those which the law punishes with penalties
which in their maximum period are correctional, in accordance with the
above-mentioned article.

Light felonies are those infractions of law for the commission of
which a penalty of arresto menor or a fine not exceeding [200] FORTY
‘THOUSAND pesos (P40,000) or both is provided.”

SEC. 3. Article 26 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Art. 26, When afflictive, correctional, or light penalty. - A
fine, whether imposed as a single or as an alternative penalty, shall be
considered an afflictive penalty, if it exceeds [6,000] ONE MILLION
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P1,200,000); a correctional
penalty, if it does not exceed [6,000] ONE MILLION TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P1,200,000) but is not less than
[200] FORTY THOUSAND pesos (P40,000); and a light penalty if
it is less than [200] FORTY THOUSAND pesos (P40,000).”


SEC. 4, Article 39 of the same Act, as amended by Republic Act No. 10159, is
hereby further amended to read as follows:

“Art. 39. Subsidiary Penalty. — If the convict has no property

with which to meet the fine mentioned in paragraph 3 of the next

preceding article, he shall be subject to a subsidiary personal liability at

the rate of one day for [each amount equivalent to the highest minimum

wage rate prevailing in the Philippines at the time of the rendition of

judgment of conviction by the trial court] EVERY FIVE HUNDRED
PESOS (P500), subject to the following rules:

1. If the _principal__— penalty — imposed ~_be prision
correctional or arresto and fine, he shall remain under confinement
until his fine referred in the preceding paragraph is satisfied, but his
subsidiary imprisonment shall not exceed one-third of the term of the
sentence, and in no case shall it continue for more than one year, and
no fraction or part of a day shall be counted against the prisoner.

2. When the principal penalty imposed be only a fine, the subsidiary
imprisonment shall not exceed six months, if the culprit shall have
been prosecuted for a grave or less grave felony, and shall not exceed
fifteen days, if for a light felony.

3. When the principal penalty imposed is higher than prision
th eas no subsidiary imprisonment shall be imposed upon the

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4. If the principal penalty imposed is not to be executed by confinement
ina penal institution, but such penalty is of fixed duration, the convict,
during the period of time established in the preceding rules, shall
continue to suffer the same deprivation as those of which the principal
penalty consists.

. The subsidiary personal liability which the convict may have suffered

by reason of his insolvency shall not relieve him from the fine in case
his financial circumstances should improve.]”

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SEC. 5. Article 114 of the same Act, as amended by Republic Act No. 7659, is
hereby further amended to read as follows:

"Art. 114. Treason. - Any Filipino citizen who levies war against the
Philippines or adheres to her enemies giving them aid or comfort within
the Philippines or elsewhere, shall be punished by reclusion perpetua to
death and shall pay a fine not to exceed [100,000] FOUR MILLION
pesos (P4,000,000).

No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of
two witnesses at least to the same overt act or on confession of the
accused in open court.

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 [100,000]
FOUR MILLION pesos (P4,000,000).”


SEC. 6. Article 115 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 115. Conspiracy and proposal to commit treason;
Penalty. — The conspiracy or proposal to commit the crime of treason
shall be punished respectively, by prision mayor and a fine not
exceeding [P10,000] TWO MILLION pesos (P2,000,000), and
prision correccional anda fine not exceeding [P5,000] ONE MILLION
pesos (P1,000,000).”

SEC. 7. Article 129 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 129. Search warrants maliciously obtained and
abuse in the service of those legally obtained. — In addition to
the liability attaching to the offender for the commission of any other
offense, the penalty of arresto mayor in its maximum period to prision
correccional in its minimum period and a fine not exceeding [P1,000]
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P200,000) shall be imposed
upon any public officer or employee who shall procure a search warrant
without just cause, or, having legally procured the same, shall exceed his
authority or use unnecessary severity in executing the same.”

SEC. 8. Article 136 of the same Act, as amended by Republic Act No. 6968, is
hereby further amended to read as follows:

“ART. 136. Werle and proposal to commit coup
d'etat, rebellion or insurrection. — The conspiracy and proposal to
commit coup d'etat shall be punished by prision mayor in its minimum
period and a fine which shall not exceed [eight thousand pesos
(P8,000.00)] ONE MILLION pesos (P1,000,000).

The conspiracy and proposal to commit rebellion or insurrection
shall be punished respectively, by prision correccional in its maximum
iod and a fine which shall not exceed [five thousand pesos
(P5,000.00)] ONE MILLION pesos (P1,000,000) and by prision
correccional in its medium period and a fine not exceeding [two
thousand Pesos (P2,000.00)] FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos
(P400,000).”

SEC. 9. Article 140 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:
“ART. 140. Penalty for sedition. — The leader of a sedition
shall suffer the penalty of prision mayor in its minimum period and a
fine not exceeding [10,000] TWO MILLION pesos (P2,000,000).
Other persons participating therein shall suffer the penalty of
prision correccional in its maximum period and a fine not exceeding
[5,000] ONE MILLION pesos (P1,000,000).”

SEC. 10. Article 141 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:


“ART. 141. Conspiracy to commit sedition. — Persons
conspiring to commit the crime of sedition shall be punished by prision
correccional in its medium period and a fine not exceeding [2,000]
FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P400,000).”

‘SEC. 11. Article 142 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 142. Inciting to sedition. — The penalty of prision
correccional in its maximum period and a fine not exceeding [2,000]
FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos 400,000) shall be
imposed upon any person who, without taking any direct part in the
crime of sedition, should incite others to the accomplishment of any of
the acts which constitute sedition, by means of speeches, proclamations,
writings, emblems, cartoons, banners, or other representations tending
to the same end, or upon any person or persons who shall utter seditious
words or speeches, write, publish, or circulate scurrilous libels against
the Government [of the United States or the Government of the
Commonwealth of the Philippines], or any of the duly constituted
authorities thereof, or which tend to disturb or obstruct any lawful
Oder in executing the functions o€ his office, oe which tend to fustigate
others to cabal and meet together for unlawful purposes, or which
suggest or incite rebellious conspiracies or riots, or which lead or tend to
stir up the people against the lawful authorities or to disturb the peace
of the community, the safety and order of the Government, or who shall
knowingly conceal such evil practices.”

SEC. 12. Article 143 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 143. Ait: emediig fortes ae monet os Lie
Assembly] CONGRESS and similar The penalty of
prision correccional or a fine ranging ears [200 to 0 2,000] FORTY
THOUSAND PESOS (P40,000) TO FOUR HUNDRED
THOUSAND pesos (P400,000), or both, shall be imposed upon any
person who, by force or fraud, prevents the meeting of [the National
Assembly] CONGRESS or of any of its committees or subcommittees,
constitutional commissions or committees or divisions thereof, or of any
provincial board or city or municipal council or board.”

SEC. 13. Article 144 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 144. Disturbance of proceedings.— The penalty of
arresto mayor or a fine from [200 to 1,000] FORTY THOUSAND
PESOS (P40,000) TO TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos
(P200,000) shall be imposed upon any person who disturbs the
meetings of [the National Assembly] CONGRESS or of any of its
committees or subcommittees, constitutional commissions or
committees or divisions thereof, or of any provincial board or city or
municipal council or board, or in the presence of any such bodies should
behave in such manner as to interrupt its proceedings or to impair the
respect due it.”


SEC. 14. Article 147 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 147. Illegal associations. — The penalty of prision
correccional in its minimum and medium periods and a fine not
exceeding [1,000] TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos
(P200,000) shall be imposed upon the founders, directors, and
presidents of associations totally or partially organized for the purpose
of committing any of the crimes punishable under this Code or for some
purpose contrary to public morals. Mere members of said associations
shall suffer the penalty of arresto mayor.”

SEC. 15. Article 148 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 148. Direct assaults. — Any person or persons who,
without a public uprising, shall employ force or intimidation for the
attainment of any of the purpose enumerated in defining the crimes of
rebellion and sedition, or shall attack, employ force, or seriously
intimidate or resist any person in authority or any of his agents, while
engaged in the performance of official duties, or on occasion of such
performance, shall suffer the penalty of prision correccional in its
medium and maximum periods and a fine not exceeding [P1,000] TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P200,000), when the assault is
committed with a weapon or when the offender is a public officer or
employee, or when the offender lays hands upon a person in authority.
If none of these circumstances be present, the penalty of prision
correccional in se Sate ee nine mot exconing Dood
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P100,000) shall
imposed.”

SEC. 16. Article 149 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 149. Indirect assaults. — The penalty of prision
correccional in its minimum and medium periods and a fine not
exceeding [P500] ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos
(P100,000) shall be imposed upon any person who shall make use of
force or intimidation upon any person coming to the aid of the
authorities or their agents on occasion of i commission of any of the
crimes defined in the next preceding articl

SEC. 17. Article 150 of the same Act, as amended by Commonwealth Act No. 202,
is hereby further amended to read as follows:

“ART. . Disobedience to summons issued by [the
National ‘Aneebiay CONGRESS, its committees or
subcommittees, by the Constitutional Commissions, its
committees, subcommittees or divisions.— The penalty of
arresto mayor or a fine ranging from [two hundred to one thousand]
FORTY THOUSAND PESOS (P40,000) TO TWO HUNDRED
‘THOUSAND pesos (P200,000), or both such fine and imprisonment,
shall be imposed upon any person who, having been duly summoned to
attend as a witness before [the National Assembly] CONGRESS, its


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special or standing committees and subcommittees, the Constitutional
Commissions and its committees, subcommittees, or divisions, or before
any commission or committee chairman or member authorized to
summon witnesses, refuses, without legal excuse, to obey such
summons, or being present before any such legislative or constitutional
body or official, refuses to be sworn or placed under affirmation or to
answer any legal inquiry or to produce any books, papers, documents, or
records in his possession, when required by them to do so in the exercise
of their functions. The same penalty shall be imposed upon any person
who shall restrain another from attending as a witness, or who shall
induce disobedience to summon or refusal to be sworn by any such body
or official.”

SEC. 18. Article 151 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 151. Resistance and disobedience to a person in
authority or the agents of such person. — The penalty of arresto
mayor and a fine not exceeding [500] ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
pesos (P100,000) shall be imposed upon any person who not being
included in the provisions of the preceding articles shall resist or
seriously disobey any person in authority, or the agents of such person,
while engaged in the performance of official duties.

When the disobedience to an agent of a person in authority is not
of a serious nature, the penalty of arresto menor or a fine ranging from
Lao to Poo] TWO THOUSAND PESOS (P2,000) TO TWENTY
THOUSAND pesos (P20,000) shall be imposed upon the offender.”

SEC. 19. Article 153 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 153. Tumults and other disturbance of public
orders; Tumultuous disturbance or interruption liable to
cause disturbance. — The penalty of arresto mayor in its medium
period to prision correccional in its minimum period and a fine not
exceeding [1,000] TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND _ pesos
(P200,000) shall be imposed upon any person who shall cause any
serious disturbance in a public place, office, or establishment, or shall
interrupt or disturb public performances, functions or gatherings, or
peaceful meetings, if the act is not included in the provisions of Articles
11 and 132.

The penalty next higher in degree shall be imposed upon persons
causing any disturbance or interruption of a tumultuous character.

‘The disturbance or interruption shall be deemed to be tumultuous
if caused by more than three (3) persons who are armed or provided
with means of violence.

The penalty of arresto pnction shall be tupoeed upon any person
who in any meeting, association, or public place, shall make any outcry
tending to incite rebellion or sedition or in such place shall display


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placards or emblems which provoke a disturbance of the public order.

The penalty of arresto menor and a fine not to exceed [P200]
FORTY THOUSAND pesos (P40,000) shall be imposed upon these
persons who in violation of the provisions contained in the last clause of
Article 85, shall bury with pomp the body of a person who has been
legally executed.”

SEC. 20. Article 154 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 154. Unlawful use of means of publication and
unlawful utterances. — The penalty of arresto mayor and a fine
ranging from [P200 to P1,000] FORTY THOUSAND PESOS
(P40,000) TO TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P200,000)
shall be imposed upon:

1. Any person who by means of printing, lithography, or any other
means of publication shall publish or cause to be published as news any
false news which may endanger the public order, or cause damage to the
interest or credit of the State;

2. Any person who by the same means, or by words, utterances or
shall encourage disobedience to the law or to the constituted
authorities or praise, justify, or extol any act punished by law;

3. Any person who shall maliciously publish or cause to be
published any official resolution or document without proper authority,
or before they have been published officially; or

4. Any person who shall print, publish, or distribute or cause to
be printed, published, or distributed books, pamphlets, periodicals, or
leaflets which do not bear the real printer's name, or which are classified
as anonymous.”

SEC. 21. Article 155 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 155. Alarms and scandals. — The penalty of arresto
menor or a fine not exceeding [P200] FORTY THOUSAND pesos
(P40,000) shall be imposed upon:

1. Any person who within any town or public place, shall discharge
any firearm, rocket, firecracker, or other explosives calculated to cause
alarm or danger;

2. Any person who shall instigate or take an active part in any
charivari or other disorderly meeting offensive to another or prejudicial
to public tranquility;

3. Any person who, while wandering about at night or while
engaged in any other nocturnal amusements, shall disturb the public
peace; or


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4. Any person who, while intoxicated or otherwise, shall cause any
or scandal in public places, provided that the circumstances
of the case shall not make the provisions of Article 153 applicable.”

SEC, 22. Article 163 of the same Act, as amended by Republic Act No. 4202, is
hereby further amended to read as follows:

“ART. 163. Making and importing and uttering false
coins. — Any person who makes, imports, or utters false coins, in
connivance with counterfeiters, or importers, shall suffer:

Lh. Prision mayor in its minimum and medium periods and a fine
not to exceed P10,000 pesos, if the counterfeited coin be silver coin of
the Philippines [or coin of the Central Bank of the Philippines of ten
centavo denomination or above.]

[2.] 1. Prision correccional in its minimum and medium periods
and a fine of not to exceed [P2,000] FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND
pesos (P400,000), if the counterfeited coins be any of the [minor]
coinage of the Philippines [or of the Central Bank of the Philippines
below ten-centavo denomination].

[3] 2. Prision correccional in its minimum period and a fine not
to exceed [P1000] TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos
(P200,000), if the counterfeited coin be currency of a foreign country.”

SEC. 23. Article 164 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 164. Mutilation of coins; Importation and
utterance of mutilated coins. — The penalty of prision correccional
in its minimum period and a fine not to exceed [P2,000] 200,000
pesos shall be imposed upon any person who shall mutilate coins of the
legal currency of the [United States or of the Philippine Islands]
PHILIPPINES or import or utter mutilated current coins, or in
connivance with mutilators or importers.”

SEC. 24. Article 166 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 166. Forging treasury or bank notes on other
documents Loreal to ae peeerstG, and uttering such
false or forged notes — The forging or
falsification of treasury pe deine notes or Sparel or other obligations
and securities payable to bearer and the importation and uttering in
connivance with forgers or importers of such false or forged obligations
or notes, shall be punished as follows:

1. By reclusion temporal in its minimum period and a fine not to
exceed [P10,000] TWO MILLION pesos (P2,000,000), if the
document which has been falsified, counterfeited, or altered, is an


obligation or security of the [United States or of the Philippines Islands]
PHILIPPINES.

The [word] WORDS “obligation or security of the [United
States or of the Philippines Islands] PHILIPPINES” shall [be held to]
mean all bonds, certificates of indebtedness, national bank notes,
fractional notes, certificates of deposit, bills, checks, or drafts for money,
drawn by or upon authorized officers of the [United States or of the
Philippines Islands] PHILIPPINES, and other representatives of
value, of whatever denomination, which have been or may be issued
under any act of [the] Congress [of the United States or of the Philippine
Legislature].

2. By prision mayor in its maximum period and a fine not to
exceed [P5,000] ONE MILLION pesos (P1,000,000), if the falsified
or altered document is a circulating note issued by any banking
association duly authorized by law to issue the same.

3. By prision mayor in its medium period and a fine not to exceed
[P5,000] ONE MILLION pesos (P1,000,000), if the falsified or
counterfeited document was issued by a foreign government.

4. By prision mayor in its minimum period and a fine not to
exceed [P2,000] FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND _ pesos
(P400,000), when the forged or altered document is a circulating note
or bill issued by a foreign bank duly authorized therefor.”

SEC. 25. Article 167 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 167. Counterfeiting, importing and uttering
instruments not payable to bearer. — 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 [P6,000] ONE
MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P1,200,000).”

SEC. 26. Article 170 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 170. Falsification of legislative documents. — The
penalty of prision correccional in its maximum period and a fine not
exceeding [P6,000] 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
[the Legislature] CONGRESS or any provincial board or municipal
council.”

SEC. 27. Article 171 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:


“ART. 271: Male eotion by public aitcer: employee or
notary or ecclesiastic minister. — The penalty of prision mayor
and a fine not to exceed [P5,000] ONE MILLION pesos
(1,000,000) shall be imposed upon any public officer, employee, or
notary who, taking advantage of his official position, shall falsify a
document by committing any of the following acts:

1. Counterfeiting or imitating any handwriting, signature or
rubric;

2. Causing it to appear that persons have participated in any act
or proceeding when they did not in fact so participate;

3. Attributing to persons who have participated in an act or
proceeding statements other than those in fact made by them;

4. Making untruthful statements in a narration of facts;
5, Altering true dates;

6. Making any alteration or intercalation in a genuine document
which changes its meaning;

7. Issuing in an authenticated form a document purporting to be
a copy of an original document when no such original exists, or including
in such a copy a statement contrary to, or different from, that of the
genuine original; or

8. Intercalating any instrument or note relative to the issuance
thereof in a protocol, registry, or official book.

The same penalty shall be imposed upon any ecclesiastical
minister who shall commit any of the offenses enumerated in the
preceding paragraphs of this article, with respect to any record or
document of such character that its falsification may affect the civil
status of persons.”

SEC. 28. Article 172 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 172. Falsification by private individual and use of
documents. — The penalty of prision correccional in its

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medium and maximum periods and a fine of not more than [P5,000]

ONE MILLION pesos (P1,000,000) shall be imposed upon:

1. Any private individual who shall commit any of the
falsifications enumerated in the next preceding article in any public or
official document or letter of exchange or any other kind of commercial
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2. Any person who, to the damage of a third party, or with the
intent to cause such damage, shall in any private document commit any
of the acts of falsification enumerated in the next preceding article.

‘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. 29. Article 174 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 174. False medical certificates, false certificates
of merits or service, ete. — The penalties of arresto mayor in its
maximum period to prision correccional in its minimum period and a
fine not to exceed [P1,000] TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos
(P200,000) shall be imposed upon:

1. Any physician or surgeon who, in connection, with the practice
of his profession, shall issue a false certificate; and

2. Any public officer who shall issue a false certificate of merit of
service, good conduct or similar circumstances.”

SEC. 30. Article 176 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

prision correccional in its medium and maximum periods and a fine not
to exceed [P10,000] TWO MILLION pesos (P2,000,000) shall be
imposed upon any person who shall make or introduce into the
Philippine [Islands] any stamps, dies, marks, or other instruments or
implements intended to be used in the commission of the offenses of
counterfeiting or falsification mentioned in the preceding sections of this
Chapter.

Any person who, with the intention of using them, shall have in
his possession any of the instruments or implements mentioned in the
preceding paragraphs, shall suffer the penalty next lower in degree than
that provided therein.”

SEC. 31. Article 178 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 178. Using fictitious name and concealing true
name.— The penalty of arresto mayor and a fine not to exceed [500]
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P100,000) shall be imposed
upon any person who shall publicly use a fictitious name for the purpose
of concealing a crime, evading the execution of a judgment or causing
damage.

Any person who conceals his true name and other personal


circumstances shall be punished by arresto menor ora fine not to exceed
[200] FORTY THOUSAND pesos (P40,000).”

‘SEC. 32. Article 180 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 180. False testimony against a defendant. — Any
person who shall give false testimony against the defendant in any
criminal case shall suffer:

1. The penalty of reclusion temporal, if the defendant in said case
shall have been sentenced to death;

2. The penalty of prision mayor, if the defendant shall have been
sentenced to reclusion temporal or reclusion perpetua;

3. The penalty of prision correccional, if the defendant shall have
been sentenced to any other afflictive penalty; and

4. The penalty of arresto mayor, if the defendant shall have been
sentenced to a correctional penalty or a fine, or shall have been
acquitted.

In cases provided in subdivisions 3 and 4 of this article the
offender shall further suffer a fine not to exceed [1,000] TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P200,000).~

SEC. 33. Article 181 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 181. False testimony favorable to the defendants.
— Any person who shall give false testimony in favor of the defendant in
a criminal case, shall suffer the penalties of arresto mayor in its
maximum period to prision correccional in its minimum period a fine
not to exceed [1,000] TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos
(P200,000), if the prosecution is for a felony punishable by an
afflictive penalty, and the penalty of arresto mayor in any other case.”

SEC. 34. Article 182 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 182. False testimony in civil eases. — Any person
found guilty of false testimony in a civil case shall suffer the penalty of
prision correccional in its minimum period and a fine not to exceed
[6,000] ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos
(P1,200,000), if the amount in controversy shall exceed [5,000] ONE
MILLION pesos (P1,000,000), and the penalty of arresto mayor in
its maximum period to prision correccional in its minimum period and
a fine not to exceed [1,000] TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos
(P200,000), if the amount in controversy shall not exceed said amount
or cannot be estimated.”

SEC. 35. Article 187 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:
“ART. 187. Importation and disposition of falsely

marked articles or merchandise made of gold, silver, or other
precious metals or their alloys. — The penalty of prision


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correccional or a fine ranging from [200 to 1,000] FORTY
THOUSAND PESOS (P40,000) TO TWO HUNDRED
THOUSAND pesos (P200,000), or both, shall be imposed on any
person who shall knowingly import or sell or dispose of any article or
merchandise made of gold, silver, or other precious metals, or their
alloys, with stamps, brands, or marks which fail to indicate the actual
fineness or quality of said metals or alloys.

Any stamp, brand, label, or mark shall be deemed to fail to
indicate the actual fineness of the article on which it is engraved, printed,
stamped, labeled or attached, when the rest of the article shows that the
quality or fineness thereof is less by more than one-half karat, if made of
gold, and less by more than four one-thousandth, if made of silver, than
what is shown by said stamp, brand, label or mark. But in case of watch
cases and flatware made of gold, the actual fineness of such gold shall
not be less by more than three one-thousandth than the fineness
indicated by said stamp, brand, label, or mark.”

SEC. 36. Article 201 of the same Act, as amended by Presidential Decree Nos. 960
and 969, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

“ART. 201. Immoral doctrines, obscene publications
and exhibitions and indecent shows. — The penalty of prision
mayor or a fine ranging from [six thousand to twelve thousand]
TWENTY THOUSAND PESOS (P20,000) TO TWO HUNDRED
‘THOUSAND pesos (P200,000), or both such imprisonment and fine,
shall be imposed upon:

1. Those who shall publicly expound or proclaim doctrines openly
contrary to public morals;

2. (a) the authors of obscene literature, published with their
knowledge in any form; the editors publishing such literature; and the
owners/operators of the establishment selling the same; (b) Those who,
in theaters, fairs, cinematographs or any other place, exhibit, indecent
or immoral plays, scenes, acts or shows, whether live or in film, which
are prescribed by virtue hereof, shall include those which (1) glorify
criminals or condone crimes; (2) serve no other purpose but to satisfy
the market for violence, lust or pornography; (3) offend any race or
religion; (4) tend to abet traffic in and use of prohibited drugs; and (5)
are contrary to law, public order, morals, and good customs, established
policies, lawful orders, decrees and edicts;

3. Those who shall sell, give away or exhibit films, prints,
engravings, sculpture or literature which are offensive to morals.”

SEC. 37. Article 202 of the same Act, as amended, is hereby further amended to
read as follows:

“ART. 202. Prostitutes; Penalty. — For the purpose of this
article, women who, for money or profit, habitually indulge in sexual


intercourse or lascivious conduct, are deemed to be prostitutes.

Any person found guilty of any of the offenses covered by this
article shall be punished by [arresto menor or] a fine not exceeding
[200] TWENTY THOUSAND pesos (P20,000).” [and in case of
recidivism, by arresto mayor in its medium period to prision
correccional in its minimum period or a fine ranging from 200 to 2,000
pesos, or both, in the discretion of the court.”]

SEC. 38. Article 209 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 209. Betrayal of trust by an attorney or solicitor.
— Revelation of secrets. — In addition to the proper administrative
action, the penalty of prision correccional in its minimum period, or a
fine ranging from [200 to 1,000] TWENTY THOUSAND PESOS
(P20,000) TO ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P100,000),
or both, shall be imposed upon any attorney-at-law or [solicitor
(procurador judicial)] ANY PERSON DULY AUTHORIZED TO
REPRESENT AND/OR ASSIST A PARTY TO A CASE who, by any
malicious breach of professional duty or of inexcusable negligence or
ignorance, shall prejudice his client, or reveal any of the secrets of the
latter learned by him in his professional capacity.

The same penalty shall be imposed upon an attorney-at-law or
[solicitor (procurador judicial)]) ANY PERSON DULY
AUTHORIZED TO REPRESENT AND/OR ASSIST A PARTY TO
A CASE who, having undertaken the defense of a client or having
received confidential information from said client in a case, shall
undertake the defense of the opposing party in the same case, without
the consent of his first client.”

SEC. 39. Article 213 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 213. Frauds against the public treasury and
similar offenses. — The penalty of prision correccional in its medium
period to prision mayor in its minimum period, or a fine ranging from
[200 to 10,000] FORTY THOUSAND PESOS (P40,000) TO TWO
MILLION pesos (P2,000,000), or both, shall be imposed upon any
public officer who:

1. 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. Being entrusted with the collection of taxes, licenses, fees and
other imposts, shall be guilty or any of the following acts or omissions:

(a) Demanding, directly, or indirectly, the payment of sums different
from or larger than those authorized by law.


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(b) Failing voluntarily to issue a receipt, as provided by law, for any sum
of money collected by him officially.

(c) Collecting or receiving, directly or indirectly, by way of payment or
gee things or ena of a nature different from that provided by
W.

When the culprit is an officer or employee of the Bureau of
Internal Revenue or the Bureau of Customs, the provisions of the
Administrative Code shall be applied.”

SEC. 40. Article 215 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 215. Prohibited transactions. — The penalty of
prision correccional in its maximum period or a fine ranging from [200
to 1,000] FORTY THOUSAND PESOS (P40,000) TO TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P200,000), or both, shall be
imposed upon any appointive public officer who, during his incumbency,
shall directly or indirectly become interested in any transaction of
exchange or speculation within the territory subject to his jurisdiction.”

SEC. 41. Article 216 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 216. Possession of prohibited interest by a public
officer. — The penalty of arresto mayor in its medium period to prision
correccional in its minimum period, or a fine ranging from [200 to
1,000] FORTY THOUSAND PESOS (P40,000) TO TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P200,000), or both, shall be
imposed upon a public officer who directly or indirectly, shall become
interested in any contract or business in which it is his official duty to
intervene.

This provisions is applicable to experts, arbitrators and private
accountants who, in like manner, shall take part in any contract or
transaction connected with the estate or property in appraisal,
distribution or adjudication of which they shall have acted, and to [the]
guardians and executors with respect to the property belonging to their
wards or estate.”

SEC. 42. Article 217 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 217. Malversation of public funds or property;
Presumption of malversation. — 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 Lele of the misappropriation or malversation of such
funds or property, shall suffer:


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1. The penalty of prision correccional in its medium and
maximum periods, if the amount involved in the misappropriation or
malversation does not exceed [two hundred] FORTY THOUSAND
pesos (P40,000).

2. The penalty of prision mayor in its minimum and medium
periods, if the amount involved is more than [two hundred] FORTY
THOUSAND pesos (P40,000) but does not exceed [six thousand]
ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos
(P1,200,000).

3. The penalty of prision mayor in its maximum period to
reclusion temporal in its minimum period, if the amount involved is
more than [six thousand] ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED
THOUSAND pesos (P1,200,000) but [is less than twelve thousand]
DOES NOT EXCEED TWO MILLION FOUR HUNDRED
‘THOUSAND pesos (P2,400,000).

4. The penalty of reclusion temporal, in its medium and
maximum periods, if the amount involved is more than [twelve
thousand] TWO MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos
(2,400,000) but [is less than twenty-two thousand] DOES NOT
EXCEED FOUR MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos
(4,400,000). [If the amount exceeds the latter, the penalty shall be
reclusion temporal in its maximum period to reclusion perpetua.]

5. THE PENALTY OF RECLUSION TEMPORAL IN ITS
MAXIMUM PERIOD IF THE AMOUNT INVOLVED IS MORE
THAN FOUR MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS
(24,400,000) BUT DOES NOT EXCEED EIGHT MILLION
EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P8,800,000). IF THE
AMOUNT EXCEEDS THE LATTER, THE PENALTY SHALL BE
RECLUSION PERPETUA.

In all cases, persons guilty of malversation shall also suffer the

penalty of perpetual special disqualification and a fine equal to the
ero of the funds malversed or equal to the total value of the property
embezzled.

‘The failure of a public officer to have duly forthcoming any public

Sante or property with which he is chargeable, upon demand by any duly

uthorized officer, shall be prima facie evidence that he has put such
raise funds or property to personal use.”

SEC. 43. Article 218 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 218. Failure of accountable officer to render
accounts. — Any public officer, whether in the service or separated
therefrom by resignation or any other cause, who is required by law or
regulation to render account to the [Insular Auditor] COMMISSION
ON AUDIT, or toa provincial auditor and who fails to do so for a period


of two months after such accounts should be rendered, shall be punished
by prision correccional in its minimum period, or by a fine ranging from
[200 to 6,000] FORTY THOUSAND PESOS (P40,000) TO ONE
MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P1,200,000), or
both.”

‘SEC. 44. Article 219 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 219. Failure of a responsible public officer to
render accounts before leaving the country. — Any public officer
who unlawfully leaves or attempts to leave the [Philippine Islands]
PHILIPPINES without securing a certificate from the [Insular
Auditor] COMMISSION ON AUDIT showing that his accounts have
been finally settled, shall be punished by arresto mayor, or a fine
ranging from [200 to 1,000] FORTY THOUSAND PESOS
(P40,000) TO TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P200,000)
or both.”

SEC, 45. Article 221 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 221. Failure to make delivery of public funds or
property. — Any public officer under obligation to make payment from
Government funds in his possession, who shall fail to make such
payment, shall be punished by arresto mayor and a fine from 5 to 25 per
cent of the sum which he failed to pay.

This provision shall apply to any public officer who, being ordered
by competent authority to deliver any property in his custody or under
his administration, shall refuse to make such delivery.

The fine shall be graduated in such case by the value of the thing,
provided that it shall not BE less than [50] TEN THOUSAND pesos
(P10,000).”

SEC. 46. Article 226 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 226. Removal, concealment or destruction of
documents. — Any public officer who shall remove, Soeroy oe conceal
documents or papers officially entrusted to him, shall suffer

1. The penalty of prision mayor and a fine not exceeding [1,000]
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P200,000), whenever
serious damage shall have been caused thereby to a third party or to the
public interest.

2. The penalty of prision correccional in its minimum and
medium period and a fine not exceeding [1,000] TWO HUNDRED
THOUSAND pesos (P200,000), whenever the damage to a third
party or to the public interest shall not have been serious.


In either case, the additional penalty of temporary special
disqualification in its maximum period to perpetual disqualification
shall be imposed.”

SEC. 47. Article 227 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 227. Officer breaking seal. — Any public officer
charged with the, “custody of papers or property sealed by proper
authority, who shall break the seals or permit them to be broken, shall
suffer the penalties of prision correccional in its minimum and medium
periods, temporary special disqualification and a fine not exceeding
[2,000] FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P400,000).”

SEC. 48. Article 228 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 228. Opening of closed documents. — Any public
officer not included in the provisions of the next preceding article who,
without proper authority, shall open or shall permit to be opened any
closed papers, documents or objects entrusted to his custody, shall suffer
the penalties or arresto mayor, temporary special disqualification and a
fine of not exceeding [2,000] FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos
(P400,000).”

SEC. 49. Article 229 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 229. Revelation of secrets by an officer. — Any
public officer who shall reveal any secret known to him by reason of his
official capacity, or shall wrongfully deliver papers or copies of papers of
which he may have charge and which should not be published, shall
suffer the penalties of prision correccional in its medium and maximum
periods, perpetual special disqualification and a fine not exceeding
[2,000] FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P400,000) if the
revelation of such secrets or the delivery of such papers shall have caused
serious damage to the public interest; otherwise, the penalties of prision
correccional in its minimum period, temporary special disqualification
and a fine not exceeding [500] ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos
(P100,000) shall be imposed.”

SEC. 50. Article 230 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 230. Public officer revealing secrets of private
individual. — ‘Any public officer to whom the secrets of any private
individual shall become known by reason of his office who shall reveal
such secrets, shall suffer the penalties of arresto mayor and a fine not
exceeding [1,000] TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos
(P200,000).”

SEC. 51. Article 231 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 231. Open disobedience. stay peal ox exert
officer who shall openly refuse to execute the judgment, decision or order


of any superior authority made within the scope of the jurisdiction of the
latter and issued with all the legal formalities, shall suffer the penalties
of arresto mayor in its medium period to prision correccional in its
minimum period, temporary special disqualification in its maximum
period and a fine not exceeding [1,000] TWO HUNDRED
‘THOUSAND pesos (P200,000).”

SEC. 52. Article 233 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 233. Refusal of assistance. — The penalties of arresto
mayor in its medium period to prision correccional in its minimum
period, perpetual special disqualification and a fine not exceeding
[1,000] TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P200,000), shall be
imposed upon a public officer who, upon demand from competent
authority, shall fail to lend his cooperation towards the administration
of justice or other public service, if such failure shall result in serious
damage to the public interest, or to a third party; otherwise, arresto
mayor in its medium and maximum periods and a fine not exceeding
[500] ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P100,000) shall be
imposed.”

SEC. 53. Article 234 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 234. Refusal to discharge elective office The
penalty of arresto mayor or a fine not exceeding [1,000] TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P200,000), or both, shall be
imposed upon any person who, having been elected by popular election
to a public office, shall refuse without legal motive to be sworn in or to
discharge the duties of said office.”

SEC. 54. Article 235 of the same Act, as amended by Executive Order No. 62, is
hereby further amended to read as follows:

“ART. 235. Maltreatment of prisoners. — The penalty of
prision correccional in its medium period to prision mayor in its
minimum period, in addition to his liability for the physical injuries or
damage caused, shall be imposed upon any public officer or employee
who shall overdo himself in the correction or handling of a prisoner or
detention prisoner under his charge, by the imposition of punishment
not authorized by the regulations, or by inflicting such punishment in a
cruel and humiliating manner.

If the purpose of the maltreatment is to extort a confession, or to
obtain some information from the prisoner, the offender shall be
punished by prision mayor in its minimum period, temporary special
disqualification and a fine not exceeding [6,000] ONE HUNDRED
‘THOUSAND pesos (P100,000), i in addition to his liability for the
physical injuries or damage caused.

SEC. 55. Article 236 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:


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“ART. 236. Anticipation of duties of a public office. — Any
person who shall assume the performance of the duties and powers of
any public officer or employment without first being sworn in or having
given the bond required by law, shall be suspended from such office or
employment until he shall have complied with the respective formalities
and shall be fined from [200 to 500] FORTY THOUSAND PESOS
(P40,000) TO ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P100,000).”

SEC. 56. Article 237 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 237. Prolonging performance of duties and
powers. — Any public officer shall continue to exercise the duties and
powers of his office, employment or commission, beyond the period
provided by law, regulation or special provisions applicable to the case,
shall suffer the penalties of prision correccional in its minimum period,
special | temporary disqualification in its minimum period and a fine not

[500] ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos
(P100,000).”

SEC. 57. Article 239 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 239. Usurpation of legislative powers. — The
penalties of prision correccional in its minimum period, temporary
special disqualification and a fine not exceeding [1,000] TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P200,000), shall be imposed upon
any public officer who shall encroach upon the powers of the legislative
branch of the Government, either by making general rules or regulations
beyond the scope of his authority, or by attempting to repeal a law or
suspending the execution thereof.”

SEC. 58. Article 242 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 242. Disobeying request for disqualification. —
Any public officer who, before the question of jurisdiction is decided,
shall continue any proceeding after having been lawfully required to
refrain from so doing, shall be punished by arresto mayor and a fine not
exceeding [500] ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos
(P100,000).”

SEC. 59. Article 243 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 243. Orders or requests by executive officers to

any judicial authority. — Any executive officer who shall address

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or business coming within the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of

justice shall suffer the penalty of arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding
[500] ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P100,000).”

SEC. 60. Article 244 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:
“ART. 244. Unlawful appointments. — Any public officer


who shall knowingly nominate or appoint to any public office any person
Jacking the legal qualifications therefor, shall suffer the penalty of
arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding [1,000] TWO HUNDRED
‘THOUSAND pesos (P200,000).”

SEC. 61. Article 259 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 259. Abortion practiced by a physician or
and dispensing of abortives. — The penalties provided in
Article 256 shall be imposed in its maximum period, respectively, upon
any physician or midwife who, taking advantage of their scientific
knowledge or skill, shall cause an abortion or assist in causing the same.

Any pharmacist who, without the proper prescription from a
physician, shall dispense any abortive shall suffer the penalty of arresto
mayor and a fine not exceeding [1,000] ONE HUNDRED
‘THOUSAND pesos (P100,000).”

SEC. 62. Article 265 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 265. Less serious physical injuries. — 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 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.

Whenever less serious physical injuries shall have been inflicted
with the manifest intent to kill or offend the injured person, or under
circumstances adding ignominy to the offense in addition to the penalty
of arresto mayor, a fine not exceeding [500] FIFTY THOUSAND
pesos (P50,000) shall be imposed.

Any less serious physical injuries inflicted upon the offender's
parents, ascendants, guardians, curators, teachers, or persons of rank,
or persons in authority, shall be punished by prision correccional in its
minimum and medium periods, provided that, in the case of persons in
authority, the deed does not constitute the crime of assault upon such
person.”

SEC. 63. Article 266 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Art. 266. Slight physical injuries and maltreatment. —
The crime of slight physical injuries shall be punished:

1. By arresto menor when the offender has inflicted physical
injuries which shall incapacitate the offended party for labor from one to
nine days, or shall require medical attendance during the same period.

2. By arresto menor or a fine not exceeding [200] TWO


THOUSAND pesos (P2,000) and censure when the offender has
caused physical injuries which do not prevent the offended party from
engaging in his habitual work nor require medical assistance.

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2
3
4
5 3. By arresto menor in its minimum period or a fine not exceeding
6 [50] FIVE THOUSAND pesos (P5,000) when the offender shall ill-
7 treat another by deed without causing any injury.”

8

9 __ SEC. 64. Article 268 of the same Act, as amended by Republic Act No. 18, is hereby
10 — further amended to read as follows:

12 “Art. 268. Slight Illegal Detention. — The penalty of
13 reclusion temporal shall be imposed upon any private individual who
14 shall commit the crimes described in the next preceding article without
15 the attendance of any of the circumstances enumerated therein.

16

17 The same penalty shall be incurred by anyone who shall furnish
18 the place for the perpetration of the crime.

19

20 If the offender shall voluntarily release the person so locked up or
21 detained within three days from the commencement of the detention,
22 without having attained the purpose intended, and before the institution
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24 in its minimum and medium periods and a fine not exceeding [seven

25 hundred] ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P100,000) .

27 SEC. 65. Article 269 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

29 “ART. 269. Unlawful arrest. — The penalty of arresto mayor
30 and a fine not exceeding [500] ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos
31 (100,000) shall be imposed upon any person who, in any case other
32 than those authorized by law, or without reasonable ground therefor,
33 shall arrest or detain another for the purpose of delivering him to the
34 proper authorities.”

36 __ SEC. 66. Article 271 of the same Act, as amended by Republic Act No. 18, is hereby
37 further amended to read as follows:
38

39 “ART. 271. Inducing a minor to abandon his home. — The
40 penalty of prision correccional and a fine not exceeding [seven
41 hundred] ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P100,000) shall be
42 imposed upon anyone who shall induce a minor to abandon the home of
43 his parents or guardians or the persons entrusted with his custody.

44

45 If the person committing any of the crimes covered by the two
46 preceding articles shall be the father or the mother of the minor, the
47 penalty shall be arresto mayor or a fine not exceeding [three hundred]
48 FORTY THOUSAND pesos (P40,000), or both.”

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50 SEC. 67. Article 276 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:
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“ART. 276. Abandoning a minor. — The penalty of arresto
mayor and a fine not exceeding [500] ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
pesos (P100,000) shall be imposed upon any one who shall abandon a
child under seven years of age, the custody of which is incumbent upon
him.

When the death of the minor shall result from such abandonment,
the culprit shall be punished by prision correccional in its medium and
maximum periods; but if the life of the minor shall have been in danger
only, the rly shall be prision correccional in its minimum and
medium periods.

The provisions contained in the two preceding paragraphs shall
not prevent the imposition of the penalty provided for the act committed,
when the same shall constitute a more serious offense.”

SEC, 68. Article 277 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 277. Abandonment of minor by person entrusted
with his custody; indifference of parents. — The penalty of
arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding [500] ONE HUNDRED
‘THOUSAND pesos (P100,000) shall be imposed upon anyone who,
having charge of the rearing or education of a minor, shall deliver said
minor to a public institution or other persons, without the consent of the
one who entrusted such child to his care or in the absence of the latter,
without the consent of the proper authorities.

‘The same penalty shall be imposed upon the parents who shall
neglect their children by not giving them the education which their
station in life require and financial conditions permit.”

SEC. 69. Article 278 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 278. Exploitation of minors. — The penalty of prision
correccional in its minimum and medium periods and a fine not
exceeding [500] ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P100,000)
shall be imposed upon:

1. Any person who shall cause any boy or girl under sixteen years
of age to perform any dangerous feat of balancing, physical strength, or
contortion.

2. Any person who, 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
years of age who are not his children or descendants.

3. Any person engaged in any of the callings enumerated in the
next paragraph preceding who shall employ any descendant of his under
twelve years of age in such dangerous exhibitions.


4, Any ascendant, guardian, teacher or person entrusted in any
capacity with the care of a child under sixteen years of age, who shall
deliver such child gratuitously to any person following any of the callings
enumerated in paragraph 2 hereof, or to any habitual vagrant or beggar.

If the delivery shall have been made in consideration of any price,
compensation, or promise, the penalty shall in every case be imposed in
its maximum period.

In either case, the guardian or curator convicted shall also be

from office as guardian or curator; and in the case of the

parents of the child, they may be deprived, temporarily or perpetually,
in the discretion of the court, of their parental authority.

5. Any person who shall induce any child under sixteen years of
age to abandon the home of its ascendants, guardians, curators, or
teachers to follow any person engaged in any of the callings mentioned
in paragraph 2 hereof, or to accompany any habitual vagrant or beggar.”

SEC. 70. Article 280 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 280. Qualified trespass to dwelling. — Any private
person who shall enter the dwelling of another against the latter's will
shall be punished by arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding [1,000]
‘TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P200,000).

If the offense be committed by means of violence or intimidation,
the penalty shall be prision correccional in its medium and maximum
periods and a fine not exceeding [1,000] TWO HUNDRED
‘THOUSAND pesos (P200,000).

The provisions of this article shall not be applicable to any person
who shall enter another's dwelling for the purpose of preventing some
serious harm to himself, the occupants of the dwelling or a third person,
nor shall it be applicable to any person who shall enter a dwelling for the
purpose of rendering some service to humanity or justice, nor to anyone
who shall enter cafes, taverns, inn and other public houses, while the
same are open.”

SEC. 71. Article 281 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 281. Other forms of trespass. — The penalty of
arresto menor or a fine not exceeding [200] FORTY THOUSAND
pesos (P40,000), or both, shall be imposed upon any person who shall
enter the closed premises or the fenced estate of another, while either or
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.”

SEC. 72. Article 282 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:


“ART. 282. Grave threats. — Any person who shall threaten
another with the infliction upon the person, honor or property of the
latter or of his family of any wrong amounting to a crime, shall suffer:

1. The penalty next lower in degree than that prescribed by law for
the crime be threatened to commit, if the offender shall have made the
threat demanding money or imposing any other condition, even though
not unlawful, and said offender shall have attained his purpose. If the
offender shall not have attained his purpose, the penalty lower by two
degrees shall be imposed.

If the threat be made in writing or through a middleman, the
penalty shall be imposed in its maximum period.

2. The penalty of arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding [500]
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P100,000) if the threat shall
not have been made subject to a condition.”

SEC. 73. Article 285 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 285. Other light threats. — The penalty of arresto
menor in its minimum period or a fine not exceeding [200] FORTY
‘THOUSAND pesos (P40,000) shall be imposed upon:

1. Any person who, without being included in the provisions of the
next preceding article, shall threaten another with a weapon or draw
such weapon in a quarrel, unless it be in lawful self-defense.

2. Any person who, in the heat of anger, shall orally threaten
another with some harm not constituting a crime, and who by
subsequent acts show that he did not persist in the idea involved in his
threat, provided that the circumstances of the offense shall not bring it
within the provisions of Article 282 of this Code.

3. Any person who shall orally threaten to do another any harm
not constituting a felony.”

SEC. 74. Article 286 of the same Act, as amended by Republic Act No. 7890, is
hereby further amended to read as follows:

“ART. 286. Grave coercions. — The penalty of prision
correccional and a fine not exceeding [Six thousand pesos] ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P100,000) shall be imposed upon
any person who, without authority of law, shall, by means of violence,
threats or intimidation, prevent another from doing something not
prohibited by law, or compel him to do something against his will,
whether it be right or wrong.

If the coercion be committed in violation of the exercise of the
right of suffrage, or for the purpose of compelling another to perform any


religious act or to prevent him from exercising such right, or from so
doing such act, the penalty next higher in degree shall be imposed.”

SEC. 75. Article 287 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 287. Light coercions. - Any person who, by means of
violence, shall seize anything belonging to his debtor for the purpose of
applying the same to the payment of the debt, shall suffer the penalty
of arresto mayor in its minimum period and a fine equivalent to the
value of the thing, but in no case less than [75] FIFTEEN THOUSAND
pesos (P15,000).

Any other coercions or unjust vexations shall be punished
by arresto menor or a fine ranging from [5 to 200] ONE THOUSAND.
PESOS (P1,000) TO FORTY THOUSAND pesos (P40,000), or

SEC. 76. Article 288 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 288. Other similar coercions; (Compulsory

of merchandise and payment of wages by means of

tokens.) — The penalty of arresto mayor or a fine ranging from [200

to 500] FORTY THOUSAND PESOS (P40,000) TO ONE

HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P100,000), or both, shall be

imposed upon any person, agent or officer, of any association or

corporation who shall force or compel, directly or indirectly, or shall

knowingly permit any laborer or employee employed by him or by such

firm or corporation to be forced or compelled, to purchase merchandise
or commodities of any kind.

The same penalties shall be imposed upon any person who shall
pay the wages due a laborer or employee employed by him, by means of
tokens or objects other than the legal tender currency of the laborer or
employee.”

SEC. 77. Article 289 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 289. Formation, maintenance and prohibition of
combination of capital or labor through violence or threats.
—The penalty of arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding [300] SIXTY
THOUSAND pesos (P60,000) shall be imposed upon any person
who, for the purpose of organizing, maintaining or preventing coalitions
or capital or labor, strike of laborers or lock-out of employees, shall
employ violence or threats in such a degree as to compel or force the
laborers or employers in the free and legal exercise of their industry or
work, if the act shall not constitute a more serious offense in accordance
with the provisions of this Code.”

SEC. 78. Article 290 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 290. Discovering secrets through seizure of


correspondence. — The penalty of prision correccional in its
minimum and medium periods and a fine not exceeding [500] ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P100,000) shall be imposed upon
any private individual who in order to discover the secrets of another,
shall seize his papers or letters and reveal the contents thereof.

If the offender shall not reveal such secrets, the penalty shall be
arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding [500] ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND pesos (P100,000).

The provision shall not be applicable to parents, guardians, or
persons entrusted with the custody of minors with respect to the papers
or letters of the children or minors placed under their care or study, nor
to spouses with respect to the papers or letters of either of them.”

SEC. 79. Article 291 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 291. Revealing secrets with abuse of office. — The
penalty of arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding [500] ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P100,000) shall be imposed upon
any manager, employee, or servant who, in such capacity, shall learn the
secrets of his principal or master and shall reveal such secrets.”

SEC. 80. Article 292 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 292. Revelation of industrial secrets. — The penalty
of prision correccional in its minimum and medium periods and a fine
not exceeding [500] ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos
(P100,000) shall be imposed upon the person in charge, employee or
workman of any manufacturing or industrial establishment who, to the
evinces othe owner thereof, shall reveal the secrets of the industry of

latter.”

SEC. 81. Article 299 of the same Act, as amended by Republic Act No. 18, is hereby
further amended to read as follows:

“ART. 299. Robbery in an inhabited house or public
building or edifice devoted to worship. - Any armed person who
shall commit robbery in an inhabited house or public building or edifice
devoted to religious worship, shall be punished by reclusion temporal, if
the value of the property taken shall exceed [two hundred fifty] FIFTY
THOUSAND pesos (P50,000), and if:

(a) The malefactors shall enter the house or building in which the
robbery was committed, by any of the following means:

1. Through an opening not intended for entrance or egress.
2. By breaking any wall, roof, or floor or breaking any door or window.
3. By using false keys, picklocks or similar tools.


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4. By using any fictitious name or pretending the exercise of public
authority.

Or if -
(b) The robbery be committed under any of the following circumstances:

1. By the breaking of doors, wardrobes, chests, or any other kind of
locked or sealed furniture or receptacle;

2. By taking such furniture or objects to be broken or forced open outside
the place of the robbery.

When the offenders do not carry arms, and the value of the
property taken exceeds [250] FIFTY THOUSAND pesos (P50,000),
the penalty next lower in degree shall be imposed.

The same rule shall be applied when the offenders are armed, but
the value of the property taken does not exceed [250] FIFTY
‘THOUSAND pesos (P50,000).

When said offenders do not carry arms and the value of the
property taken does not exceed [250] FIFTY THOUSAND pesos
(P50,000), they shall suffer the penalty prescribed in the two next
preceding paragraphs, in its minimum period.

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.”

SEC. 82. Article 302 of the same Act, as amended by Commonwealth Act No. 417,
is hereby further amended to read as follows:

“ART. 302. Robbery is an uninhabited place or in a
private building. - Any robbery committed in an uninhabited place or
ina building other than those mentioned in the first paragraph of Article
299, if the value of the property taken exceeds [250] FIFTY
THOUSAND pesos (P50,000), shall be punished by pi
correccional in its medium and maximum periods provided dutanyat
the following circumstances is present:

1. Ifthe entrance has been effected through any opening not intended for
entrance or egress.

2, If any wall, roof, flour or outside door or window has been broken.

3. If the entrance has been effected through the use of false keys,
picklocks or other similar tools.


4. If any dorm, wardrobe, chest or by sealed or closed furniture or
receptacle has been broken.

5. If any closed or sealed receptacle, as mentioned in the preceding
paragraph, has been removed even if the same to broken open elsewhere.

When the value of the property takes does not exceed [250]
FIFTY THOUSAND pesos (P50,000), the penalty next lower in
degree shall be imposed.

In the cases specified in Articles 294, 295, 297, 299, 300, and 302
of this Code, when the property taken is mail matter or large cattle, the
offender shall suffer the penalties next higher in degree than those
provided in said articles.”

SEC. 83. Article 309 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 309. Penalties. - Any person guilty of theft shall be
punished by:

1. The penalty of prision mayor in its minimum and medium periods, if
the value of the thing stolen is more than [12,000] ONE MILLION
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P1,200,000) but does not
exceed [22,000] TWO MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND
pesos (P2,200,000), but if the value of the thing stolen exceeds the
latter amount the penalty shall be the maximum period of the one
prescribed in this paragraph, and one year for each additional [ten
thousand] ONE MILLION pesos (P1,000,000), but the total of the
penalty which may be imposed shall not exceed twenty years. In such
cases, 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.

2. The penalty of prision correccional in its medium and maximum
periods, if the value of the thing stolen is more than [6,000] SIX
HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P600,000) but does not exceed
[12,000] ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos
(P1,200,000).

3. The penalty of prision correccional in its minimum and medium
periods, if the value of the property stolen is more than [200] TWENTY
THOUSAND pesos (P20,000) but does not exceed [6,000] SIX
HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P600,000).

4. Arresto mayor in its medium period to prision correccional in its
minimum period, if the value of the property stolen is over [50] FIVE
‘THOUSAND pesos (P5,000) but does not exceed [200] TWENTY
THOUSAND pesos (P20,000).


5. Arresto mayor to its full extent, if such value is over [5] FIVE
HUNDRED pesos (P500) but does not exceed [50] FIVE
‘THOUSAND pesos (P5,000).

6. Arresto mayor in its minimum and medium periods, if such value
does not exceed [5] FIVE HUNDRED pesos (500).

7. Arresto menor or a fine not exceeding [200] TWENTY
THOUSAND pesos (P20,000), if the theft is committed under the
circumstances enumerated in paragraph 3 of the next preceding article
and the value of the thing stolen does not exceed [5] FIVE HUNDRED
pesos (500). If such value exceeds said amount, the provision of any of
the five preceding subdivisions shall be made applicable.

8. Arresto menor in its minimum period or a fine not exceeding [50]
FIVE THOUSAND pesos (P5,000), when the value of the thing stolen
is not over [5] FIVE HUNDRED pesos (500), 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.”

SEC. 84. Article 311 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 311. Theft of the property of the National Library
and National Museum. - 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 [200] FORTY THOUSAND PESOS
(P40,000) to [500] 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.”

SEC. 85. Article 312 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 312. Occupation of real property or usurpation of
real rights in property. - Any person who, by means of violence
against or intimidation of persons, shall take possession of any real
property or shall usurp any real rights in property belonging to another,
in addition to the penalty incurred for the acts of violence executed by
him, shall be punished by a fine from 50 to 100 per centum of the gain
which he shall have obtained, but not less than [75] FIFTEEN
THOUSAND pesos (P15,000). If the value of the gain cannot be
ascertained, a fine of from [200] FORTY THOUSAND PESOS
(P40,000) to [500] ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos
(P100,000) shall be imposed.”

SEC. 86. Article 313 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 313. Altering boundaries or landmarks. — Any
person who shall alter the boundary marks or monuments of towns,


provinces, or estates, or any other marks intended to designate the
boundaries of the same, shall be punished by arresto menor or a fine not
exceeding [100] TWENTY THOUSAND pesos (P20,000), or both.”

SEC. 87. Article 315 of the same Act, as amended by Republic Act No. 4885,
Presidential Decree No. 1689, and Presidential Decree No. 818, is hereby further
amended to read as follows:

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“ART. 315. Swindling (estafa).- Any person who shall
defraud another by any of the means mentioned herein below shall be
punished by:

1st. The penalty of prision correccional in its maximum period to prision
mayor in its minimum period, if the amount of the fraud is over [12,000]
TWO MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos
(P2,400,000) but does not exceed [22,000] FOUR MILLION
FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P4,400,000), and if such
amount exceeds the latter sum, the penalty provided in this paragraph
shall be imposed in its maximum period, adding one year for each
additional [10,000] TWO MILLION pesos (P2,000,000); but the
total penalty which may be imposed shall not exceed twenty years. In
such cases, and in connection with the accessory penalties which may be
imposed under the provisions of this Code, the penalty shall be termed
prision mayor or reclusion temporal, as the case may be.

2nd. The penalty of prision correccional in its minimum and medium
periods, if the amount of the fraud is over [6,000] ONE MILLION
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P1,200,000) but does not
exceed [12,000] TWO MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND
pesos (P2,400,000);

3rd. The penalty of arresto mayor in its maximum period to prision
correccional in its minimum period if such amount is over [200]
FORTY THOUSAND pesos (P40,000) but does not exceed [6,000]
ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND _ pesos
(P1,200,000); and

4th. By arresto mayor in its maximum period, if such amount does not
exceed [200] FORTY THOUSAND pesos (P40,000), provided that
in the four cases mentioned, the fraud be committed by any of the
following means:

1. With unfaithfulness or abuse of confidence, namely:

(a) By altering the substance, quantity, or quality of anything of
value which the offender shail deliver by virtue of an obligation
to do so, even though such obligation be based on an immoral
or illegal consideration.

(b) By misappropriating or converting, to the prejudice of
another, money, goods, or any other personal property received


by the offender in trust or on commission, or for
administration, or under any other obligation involving the
duty to make delivery of or to return the same, even though such
obligation be totally or partially guaranteed by a bond; or by
denying having received such money, goods, or other property.

(c) By taking undue advantage of the signature of the offended
party in blank, and by writing any document above such
signature in blank, to the prejudice of the offended party or any
third person.

2. By means of any of the following false pretenses or fraudulent
acts executed prior to or simultaneously with the commission
of the fraud:

(a) By using fictitious name, or falsely pretending to possess
power, influence, qualifications, property, credit, agency,
business or imaginary transactions, or by means of other
similar deceits,

(b) By altering the quality, fineness or weight of anything
pertaining to his art or business.

(c) By pretending to have bribed any Government employee,
without prejudice to the action for calumny which the offended
party may deem proper to bring against the offender. In this
case, the offender shall be punished by the maximum period of
the penalty.

(d) By postdating a check, or issuing a check in payment of an
obligation when the offender had no funds in the bank, or his
funds deposited therein were not sufficient to cover the amount
of the check. The failure of the drawer of the check to deposit
the amount necessary to cover his check within three (3) days
from receipt of notice from the bank and/or the payee or holder
that said check has been dishonored for lack or insufficiency of
funds shall be prima facie evidence of deceit constituting false
pretense or fraudulent act.

Any person who shall defraud another by means of false
pretenses or fraudulent acts as defined in paragraph 2(d) hereof
[of Article 315 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by
Republic Act No. 4885,] shall be punished by:

ist. THE PENALTY OF RECLUSION TEMPORAL IN
ITS MAXIMUM PERIOD IF THE AMOUNT OF FRAUD
IS OVER FOUR MILLION FOUR HUNDRED
THOUSAND PESOS (P4,400,000) BUT DOES NOT
EXCEED EIGHT MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED
‘THOUSAND PESOS (P8,800,000). IF THE AMOUNT


1 EXCEEDS THE LATTER, THE PENALTY SHALL BE
2 RECLUSION PERPETUA.

3 2nd. The penalty of reclusion temporal IN ITS MINIMUM
4 AND MEDIUM PERIODS if the amount of the fraud is over
5 [12,000] TWO MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND
6 pesos (P2,400,000) but DOES not exceed [22,000] FOUR
7 MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos
8 (P4,400,000); [and if such amount exceeds the latter sum,

9 the penalty provided in this paragraph shall be imposed in its
10 maximum period, adding one year for each additional 10,000
11 pesos but the total penalty which may be imposed shall in no
12 case exceed thirty years. In such cases, and in connection with
13 the accessory penalties which may be imposed under the
4 Revised Penal Code, the penalty shall be termed reclusion
15 perpetua;]

16 [end] grd. The penalty of prision mayor in its maximum
17 period, if the amount of the fraud is over [6,000] ONE
18 MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND _ pesos
19 (P1,200,000) but does not exceed [12,000] TWO MILLION
20 FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P2,400,000);

21 [grd.] 4th. The penalty of prision mayor in its medium
22 period, if such amount is over [200] FORTY THOUSAND
23 pesos (P40,000) but does not exceed [6,000] ONE
24 MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND _ pesos
25 (P1,200,000); and,

26 [4th.] 5th. By prision mayor in its [maximum] MINIMUM
27 period, if such amount does not exceed [200] FORTY
28 THOUSAND pesos (P40,000).

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30 3. Through any of the following fraudulent means:

31 (a) By inducing another, by means of deceit, to sign any
32 document.

33 (b) By resorting to some fraudulent practice to insure success in
34 a gambling game.

35 (c) By removing, concealing or destroying, in whole or in part, any
36 court record, office files, document or any other papers.”

37 SEC. 88. Article 318 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:
38

39 “ART. 318. Other deceits. — The penalty of arresto mayor and

40 a fine of not less than the amount of the damage caused and not more


than twice such amount shall be imposed upon any person who shall
defraud or damage another by any other deceit not mentioned in the
preceding articles of this chapter.

Any person who, for profit or gain, shall interpret dreams, make
forecasts, tell fortunes, or take advantage of the credulity of the public in
any other similar manner, shall suffer the penalty of arresto mayor or a
fine not exceeding [200] FORTY THOUSAND pesos (P40,000).”

SEC. 89, Article 321 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 321. Other forms of arson. - When the arson consists
in the burning of other property and under the circumstances given
hereunder, the offender shall be punishable:

1. By reclusion temporal or reclusion perpetua:

(a) if the offender shall set fire to any building, farmhouse,
warehouse, hut, shelter, or vessel in port, knowing it to be occupied at
the time by one or more persons;

(b) If the building burned is a public building and value of the
damage caused exceeds [6,000] ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED
THOUSAND pesos (P1,200,000);

(c) If the building burned is a public building and the purpose is
to destroy evidence kept therein to be used in instituting prosecution
for the punishment of violators of the law, irrespective of the amount of
the damage;

(d) If the building burned is a public building and the purpose is
to destroy evidence kept therein to be used in legislative, judicial or
administrative proceedings, irrespective of the amount of the damage;
Provided, however, That if the evidence destroyed is to be used against
the defendant for the prosecution of any crime punishable under
existing laws, the penalty shall be reclusion perpetua;

(e) If the arson shall have been committed with the intention of
collecting under an insurance policy against loss or damage by fire.

2. By reclusion temporal:

(a) If an inhabited house or any other building in which people
are accustomed to meet is set on fire, and the culprit did not know that
such house or building was occupied at the time, or if he shall set fire to
a moving freight train or motor vehicle, and the value of the damage
caused exceeds [6,000] ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED
‘THOUSAND pesos (P1,200,000);


(b) If the value of the damage caused in paragraph (b) of the
preceding subdivision does not exceed [6,000] ONE MILLION TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P1,200,000);

(c) Ifa farm, sugar mill, cane mill, mill central, bamboo groves or
any similar plantation is set on fire and the damage caused exceeds
[6,000] ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos
(P1,200,000); and

(d) If grain fields, pasture lands, or forests, or plantings are set on
fire, and the damage caused exceeds [6,000] ONE MILLION TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P1,200,000).

3. By prision mayor:

(a) If the value of the damage caused in the case mentioned in
paragraphs (a), (c), and (d) in the next preceding subdivision does not
exceed [6,000] ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND
pesos (P1,200,000);

(b) If a building not used as a dwelling or place of assembly,
located in a populated place, is set on fire, and the damage caused
exceeds [6,000] ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND
pesos (P1,200,000);

4. By prision correccional in its maximum period to prision mayor in
its medium period:

(a) If a building used as dwelling located in an uninhabited place
is set on fire and the damage caused exceeds [1,000] TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P200,000);

(b) If the value or the damage caused in the case mentioned in
paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 2 of this article does not exceed
[200] FORTY THOUSAND pesos (P40,000).

5. By prision correccional in its medium period to prision mayor in its
minimum period, when the damage caused is over [200] FORTY
‘THOUSAND pesos (P40,000) but does not exceed [1,000] TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P200,000), and the property
referred to in paragraph (a) of the preceding subdivision is set on fire;
but when the value of such property does not exceed [200] FORTY
‘THOUSAND pesos (P40,000), the penalty next lower in degree than
that prescribed in this subdivision shall be imposed.

6, The penalty of prision correccional in its medium and maximum
periods, if the damage caused in the case mentioned in paragraph (b) of
subdivision 3 of this article does not exceed [6,000] ONE MILLION
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P1,200,000) but is over
[200] FORTY THOUSAND pesos (P40,000).


7. The penalty of prision correccional in its minimum and medium
periods, if the damage caused in the case mentioned paragraph (b)
subdivision 3 of this article does not exceed [200] FORTY
‘THOUSAND pesos (P40,000).

8. The penalty of arresto mayor and a fine ranging from fifty to one
hundred per centum if the damage caused shall be imposed, when the
property burned consists of grain fields, pasture lands, forests, or
plantations when the value of such property does not exceed [200]
FORTY THOUSAND pesos (P40,000).”

SEC. 90. Article 322 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART, 322. Cases of arson not included in the preceding
articles. - Cases of arson not included in the next preceding articles
shall be punished:

1. By arresto mayor in its medium and maximum periods, when the
damage caused does not exceed [50] TEN THOUSAND pesos
(P10,000);

2. By arresto mayor in its maximum period to prision correccional in
its minimum period, when the damage caused is over [50] TEN
‘THOUSAND pesos (P10,000) but does not exceed [200] FORTY
‘THOUSAND pesos (P40,000);

3. By prision correccional in its minimum and medium periods, if the
damage caused is over [200] FORTY THOUSAND pesos (P40,000)
but does not exceed [1,000] TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos
(P200,000); and

4. By prision correccional in its medium and maximum periods, if it is
over [1,000] TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P200,000).”

SEC. 91. Article 323 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 323. Arson of property of small value. - The arson
of any uninhabited hut, storehouse, barn, shed, or any other property the
value of which does not exceed [25] FIVE THOUSAND pesos
(P5,000), committed at a time or under circumstances which clearly
exclude all danger of the fire spreading, shall not be punished by the
penalties respectively prescribed in this chapter, but in accordance with
the damage caused and under the provisions of the following chapter.”

SEC. 92. Article 328 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 328. Special cases of malicious mischief.- Any
person who shall cause damage to obstruct the performance of public
functions, or using any poisonous or corrosive substance; or spreading
any infection or contagion among cattle; or who cause damage to the
property of the National Museum or National Library, or to any archive


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or registry, waterworks, road, promenade, or any other thing used in
common by the public, shall be punished:

1. By prision correccional in its minimum and medium periods, if the
value of the damage caused exceeds [1,000] TWO HUNDRED
THOUSAND pesos (P200,000);

2. By arresto mayor, if such value does not exceed the abovementioned
amount but it is over [200] FORTY THOUSAND pesos (P40,000);
and

3. Byarresto menor, in such value does not exceed [200] FORTY
‘THOUSAND pesos (P40,000).”

SEC. 93. Article 329 of the same Act, as amended by Commonwealth Act No.
3999, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

“ART. 329. Other mischiefs. - The mischiefs not included in
the next preceding article shall be punished:

1, By arresto mayor in its medium and maximum periods, if the value of
the damage caused exceeds [1,000] TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND
pesos (P200,000);

2. By arresto mayor in its minimum and medium periods, if such value
is over [200] FORTY THOUSAND pesos (P40,000) but does not
exceed [1,000] TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P200,000);
and

3- By arresto menor or fine of not less than the value of the damage
caused and not more than [200] FORTY THOUSAND pesos
(P40,000), if the amount involved does not exceed [200] FORTY
THOUSAND pesos (P40,000) or cannot be estimated.”

SEC. 94. Article 331 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 331. Destroying or damaging statues, public

monuments or paintings. — Any person who shall destroy or

statues or any other useful or ornamental public monument

shall suffer the penalty of arresto mayor in its medium period to prision
correccional in its minimum period.

Any person who shall destroy or damage any useful or ornamental
painting of a public nature shall suffer the penalty of arresto menor or a
fine not exceeding [200] FORTY THOUSAND pesos (P40,000), or
both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.”

SEC. 95. Article 347 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 347. Simulation of births, substitution of one
child for another and concealment or abandonment of a


legitimate child. — The simulation of births and the substitution of
one child for another shall be punished by prision mayor and a fine of
not exceeding [1,000] TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos
(P200,000).

‘The same penalties shall be imposed upon any person who shall conceal
or abandon any legitimate child with intent to cause such child to lose its
civil status.

Any physician or surgeon or public officer who, in violation of the duties
of his profession or office, shall cooperate in the execution of any of the
crimes mentioned in the two next preceding paragraphs, shall suffer the
penalties therein prescribed and also the penalty of temporary special
disqualification.”

SEC. 96, Article 355 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 355. Libel means by writings or similar means.—
A libel committed by means of writing, printing, lithography, engraving,
radio, phonograph, painting, theatrical exhibition, cinematographic
exhibition, or any similar means, shall be punished by prision
correccional in its minimum and medium periods or a fine ranging from
[200 to 6,000] TWENTY THOUSAND PESOS (P20,000) TO SIX
HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P600,000), or both, in addition to
the civil action which may be brought by the offended party.”

SEC. 97. Article 356 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 356. Threatening to publish and offer to prevent
such publication for a compensation. — The penalty of arresto
mayor or a fine from [200 to 2,000] FORTY THOUSAND PESOS
(P40,000) TO FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND _ pesos
(P400,000), or both, shall be imposed upon any person who threatens
another to publish a libel concerning him or the parents, spouse, child,
or other members of the family of the latter or upon anyone who shall
offer to prevent the publication of such libel for a compensation or
money consideration.”

SEC. 98. Article 357 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 357. Prohibited publication of acts referred to in
the course of official proceedings.— The penalty of arresto mayor
or a fine of [20 to 2,000] TWO THOUSAND PESOS (P2,000) TO
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P200,000), or both, shall be
imposed upon any reporter, editor or manager or 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.”

SEC, 99. Article 358 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 358. Slander, — Oral defamation shall be punished by
arresto mayor in its maximum period to prision correccional in its
minimum period if it is of a serious and insulting nature; otherwise the
penalty shall be arresto menor or a fine not exceeding [200] TWENTY
"THOUSAND pesos (P20,000).”

SEC. 100. Article 359 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 359. Slander by deed. — The penalty of arresto mayor
in its maximum period to prision correccional in its minimum period or
a fine ranging from [200 to 1,000] TWENTY THOUSAND PESOS
(P20,000) TO ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND pesos (P100,000)
shall be imposed upon any person who shall perform any act not
included and punished in this title, which shall cast dishonor, discredit
or contempt upon another person. If said act is not of a serious nature,
the penalty shall be arresto menor or a fine not exceeding [200]
TWENTY THOUSAND pesos (P20,000).”

SEC. 101. Article 364 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 364. Intriguing against honor. — The penalty of
arresto menor or fine not exceeding [200] TWENTY THOUSAND
pesos (P20,000) shall be imposed for any intrigue which has for its
principal purpose to blemish the honor or reputation of a person.”

SEC, 102. Article 365 of the same Act, as amended by Republic Act No. 1790, is
hereby further amended to read as follows:

“ART. 365. Imprudence and negligence. — 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.

Any person who, by simple imprudence or negligence, shall commit an
act which would otherwise constitute a grave felony, shall suffer the
penalty of arresto mayor in its medium and maximum periods; if it
would have constituted a less serious felony, the penalty of arresto
mayor in its minimum period shall be imposed.

When the execution of the act covered by this article shall have only
resulted in damage to the property of another, the offender shall be
punished by a fine ranging from an amount equal to the value of said


damages to three times such value, but which shall in no case be less than
[twenty-five] FIVE THOUSAND pesos (P5,000).

A fine not exceeding [two hundred] FORTY THOUSAND pesos
(P40,000) and censure shall be imposed upon any person who, by
simple imprudence or negligence, shall cause some wrong which, if done
maliciously, would have constituted a light felony.

In the imposition of these penalties, the court shall exercise their sound
discretion, without regard to the rules prescribed in Article sixty-four.

‘The provisions contained in this article shall not be applicable:

1. When the penalty provided for the offense is equal to or lower
than those provided ta the first two paragraphs of this article, in which
case the court shall impose the penalty next lower in degree than that
which should be imposed in the period which they may deem proper to
apply.

2. When, by imprudence or negligence and with violation of the
Automobile Law, to death of a person shall be caused, in which case the
defendant shall be punished by prision correccional in its medium and
maximum periods,

Reckless imprudence consists in voluntary, but without malice, doing or
falling to do an act from which material damage results by reason of
inexcusable lack of precaution on the part of the person performing of
failing to perform such act, taking into consideration his employment or
occupation, degree of intelligence, physical condition and other
circumstances regarding persons, time and place,

Simple imprudence consists in the lack of precaution displayed in those
cases in which the damage impending to be caused is not immediate nor
the danger clearly manifest.

‘The penalty next higher in degree to those provided for in this article
shall be imposed upon the offender who fails to lend on the spot to the
injured parties such help as may be in this hand to give.”

SEC. 103. Separability Clause. — If any provision of this Act shall be declared
unconstitutional, any other provision not affected thereby shall remain in full force
and effect.

SEC, 104. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or
parts thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC, 105, Retroactive Effect. — This Act shall have retroactive effect to the extent
that it is favorable to the accused or person serving sentence by final judgment.

SEC. 106. Transitory Provision; Applicability to Pending Cases. — For cases
pending before the courts where trial has already started upon the effectivity of this


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Act, the courts hearing such cases shall not lose jurisdiction over the same by virtue of
any provision of this Act.

SEC. 107. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect within fifteen (15) days after its
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,