False testimony in civil cases. SEC. By arresto mayor in its medium and maximum periods, if the value of the damage caused exceeds Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000); "2. Forging treasury or bank notes or other documents payable to bearer; Importing, and uttering such false or forged notes and documents. 54. This is the second limitation to the Freedom of the Speech and of the Press. Art. SEC. SEC. In such eases, and in connection with the accessory penalties which may be imposed and for the purpose of the other provisions of this Code, the penalty shall be termed prision mayor or reclusion temporal as the case may be. 55. "A fine not. 88. "This provision 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 guardians and executors with respect to the property belonging to their wards or estate.''. Arresto menor in its minimum period or a fine of not exceeding Five thousand pesos (P5,000), when the value of the thing stolen is not over Five hundred pesos (P500), and the offender shall have acted under the impulse of hunger, poverty, or the difficulty of earning a livelihood for the support of himself or his family.". The penalty of prision mayor in its minimum and medium periods, if the amount involved is more than Forty thousand pesos (P40,000) but does not exceed One million two hundred thousand pesos (P1,200,000). Libel by means of writings or similar means. SEC. False medical certificates, false certificates of merits or service, etc. Act No. 291. Search by legal topic. SEC. - 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 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.". Penalties Title Four. ''Reckless imprudence consists in voluntarily, but without malice, doing or failing to do an act from which material damage results by reason of inexcusable lack of precaution on the part of the person performing or failing to perform such act. Webor penal institution, when the offender took advantage of his position to facilitate the commission of the crime; 11. 3. - 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. By prision mayor in its maximum period and a fine not to exceed 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. WebOTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE, FOR THIS PURPOSE Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: SECTION 1. 40. "(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. Definition of libel. - Any public officer who, by reason of the duties of his office, is accountable for public funds or property, shall appropriate the same, or shall take or misappropriate or shall consent, through abandonment or negligence, shall permit any other person to take such public funds or property, wholly or partially, or shall otherwise be guilty of the misappropriation or malversation of such funds or property, shall suffer: "1. With unfaithfulness or abuse of confidence, namely: "(a) By altering the substance, quantity, or quality of anything of value which the offender shall deliver by virtue of an obligation to do so, even though such obligation be based on an immoral or illegal consideration. "6. - 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 punishments not authorized by the regulations, or by inflicting such punishments in a cruel and humiliating manner. - The penalty of prision correccional in its medium and maximum periods and a fine not to exceed One million pesos (P1,000,000) shall be imposed upon any person who shall make or introduce into the Philippines 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. SEC. 355. Persons Criminally Liable for Felonies Title Three. 155. - Any public officer who shall knowingly nominate or appoint to any public office any person lacking the legal qualifications therefor, shal] suffer the penalty of arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000).". Using fictitious name and concealing true name, - The penalty of arresto mayor and a fine not to exceed 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. Article 356 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. Any person engaged in any of the callings enumerated in the next preceding paragraph who shall employ any descendant of his under twelve (12) years of age in such dangerous exhibitions. Swindling (estafa). 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 five (5) to twenty-five (25) percent of the sum which he failed to pay. "3. Article 144 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. Special cases of malicious mischief. "2. WebTypically a criminal code will contain offences that are recognised in the jurisdiction, penalties that might be imposed for these offences, and some general provisions (such as definitions and prohibitions on retroactive prosecution ). 213. "The provisions contained in the two (2) 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. Unlawful use of means of publication and unlawful utterances. exceeding Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000).". Article 285 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. 187. "4th. - Any public officer who unlawfully leaves or attempts to leave the Philippines without securing a certificate from the Commission on Audit showing that his accounts have been finally settled, shall be punished by arresto mayor, or a fine ranging from Forty thousand pesos (P40,000) to Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000), or both.". The penalty of prision correccional, if the defendant shall have been sentenced to any other afflictive penalty: and. Through an opening not intended for entrance or egress. Correctional and 45. SEC. (SGD.) 39. 3999, is hereby further amended to read as follows: "ART. If any closed or sealed receptacle, as mentioned in the preceding paragraph, has been removed, even if the same be broken open elsewhere. "3rd. 89. Every penalty imposed for the commission of a felony shall carry with it the forfeiture of the proceeds of the crime and the instruments or tools with which it was committed. - The penalty of prision mayor and a fine not to exceed One million pesos (P1,000,000) 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. SEC. Prolonging performance of duties and powers. 18, is hereby further amended to read as follows: ART. "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. 10951, any person who by means of printing, lithography, or any other means of Swindling (estafa). 3815, December 8, 1930), Articles taking into consideration his employment or occupation, degree of intelligence, physical condition and other circumstances regarding persons, time and place. Article 136 of the same Act, as amended by Republic Act No. 143. 51. 61. 265. SEC. 140. 365. 318. 312. "Any person who. The penalty of prision correccional in its medium and maximum periods, if the amount involved in the misappropriation or malversation does not exceed Forty thousand pesos (P40,000). "Any person who shall defraud another by means of false pretenses or fraudulent acts as defined in paragraph 2(d) hereof shall be punished by: "1st. Inducing a minor to abandon his home. Robbery in an inhabited house or public building or edifice devoted to worship. 318. If the amount exceeds the latter, the penalty shall be reclusion perpetua. - 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 One million two hundred thousand pesos (P1,200.000), if the amount in controversy shall exceed 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 Two hundred thousand pesos (P200.000), if the amount in controversy shall not exceed said amount, or cannot be estimated.". as amended by Commonwealth Act No. Article 265 of the .same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. Under Article 154 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC), as amended Republic Act No. "3. Article 154 does not cover all news which may be shown to be false. - The penalty of prision correccional in its medium period to prision mayor in its minimum period, or a fine ranging from Forty thousand pesos (P40.000)to Two million pesos (P2,000,000), or both, shall be imposed upon any public officer who: "1. SEC. "2. 46. "(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. Mutilation of coins; Importation and utterance of mutilated coins. "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.". Counterfeiting or imitating any handwriting, signature or rubric: "2. SEC. SEC 27. SEC. If any wall, root floor or outside door or window has been broken. "1. SEC. Correctional and SEC. 28 U.S. Code Chapter 154 - SPECIAL HABEAS CORPUS PROCEDURES IN CAPITAL CASES . - The penalty of prision correccional in its minimum and medium periods and a fine not exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000) shall be imposed upon the person in charge, employee or workman of any manufacturing or industrial establishment who. - Any person who shall inflict upon another physical injuries not described in the preceding articles, but which shall incapacitate the offended party for labor for ten (10) days or more, or shall require medical assistance for the same period, shall be guilty of less serious physical injuries and shall suffer the penalty of arresto mayor. "'3rd. 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