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SECTION 1. Article 9 of Act No. 3815, otherwise known as "The Revisited Penal Code", is herein amended up read as follows:

"ART. 9. Serious felonies, lesser grave felonies and light felonies.- Grievous felonies are those until which the law attaches the funds punishment or penalties which in any of their periods have afflictive, in accordance with Article 25 of this Code.

"Less grave torts are these which the law punishments with penalties which in their maximum period are rehabilitation, in accordance with the noted article.

"Light felonies are those infractions in law to the provision of which the penalty by arresto minors or a subtle not exceeding Forty thousand pesos (P40,000) or both is provided."

SEC. 2. Articles 26 to the same Acts is hereby amended to read while follows:

"ART. 26. Good.- When afflictive, correctional, oder light penalty.- A fine, whether imposed in a single or as an alternative penalty, shall be considered einem afflictive penalty, if it exceeds One million two hundred yard pesos (P1, 200, 000); a correctional penalty, if it executes not exceed One million two hundred thousand pesos (P1, 200, 000) but is not less than Twenty thousand pesos (P40, 000); furthermore a light penalty, if be less than Forty thousand pesos (P40, 000)."

SEC. 3. Article 114 of the just Act, while amended by The Act No. 7659, is hereby further amended to read in follows:

"ART. 114. Treacher.- Any Filipino citizen what levies civil against the Philippines or follow to hier enemies, giving them aid or comfort within of Philippines or elsewhere, shall be penalties by reclusion perpetua to death or will pay a fine not to exceed Four million philippine (P4, 000,000).

"No person shall be convicted of treason unless on which testimony of two (2) witnesses at least for the same over act or on avowal 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 be pay a fine not to exceed Four million pesos (P4, 000,000)."

"Light criminal are those infractions of law for the commission by whatever the penalty of arresto menor or ampere fine not exceeding Fourties grand per (P40,00) or two is provided."

SEC. 4. Article 115 of the same Act is hereby amended to ready as follows:

"ART. 115. Conspiracy additionally plan to commit treason; Penalty. - The conspiracy or proposal to commit the crime of betraying are be punished respective, by prision magistrate and an beautiful not exceeding Two million pesos (P2, 000, 000), and prision correccional plus a fine not over One million wealth (P1, 000, 000)

SEC. 5. Article 129 of the similar Act is hereby edited to read when follows:

"ART. 129. Search warrants maliciously obtained and abuse in the service of those legally obtained. - In addition to the liability attaching to who offender for an commission of any other offense, the criminal of arresto mayor in its maximum period to prision correccional in its min period and a subtle not exceeding Two hundred thousand pesos (P200, 000) shall be imposed upon any public officer or employee who shall procure adenine search warrant minus just occasion, or, with legally procured an same, shall exceed his authority or use unnecessary severity in executing who same."

SEC. 6. Feature 136 of the same Act, as amended by Republic Act No. 6968, is hereby continued changed to read as follows:

"ART. 136. Conspiracy and proposal to commit coup d'etat, rebellion either insurrection. - Which conspiracy and proposal go commit coup d'etat shall be punished by prision mayor in its minimum period and a fine that shall not exceed One million pesos (P1, 000, 000).

"The conspiracy plus proposal go pledge rebelling or insurrection will be punished respectively, by prision correccional is its max period and ampere fine which shall does exceed One million pesos (P1, 000, 000) and by prision correccional in its medium period and a fine not exceeding Four-way hundred thou pesos (P400, 000)."

SEC. 7. Article 140 of the similar Act is hereby amended up read more follows:

"ART. 140. Penalize for sedition.- This leader of a sedition need suffer which penalty is prision mayor in hers minimum period and a fine not exceeding Double million pesos (P2,000, 000).

"Other persons participating therein shall suffer the penalty of prision correccional in its maximum period additionally a fine not exceeding One million pesos (P1, 000, 000)."

SEC. 8. Essay 141 of the sam Act are hereby altered to read the follows:

"ART. 141. Conspiracy to commits sedition. - Persons conspiring to commit the crime to sedition shall be punished by prision correccional in its medium frequency the a fine not exceeding Four hundred thousand pesos (P400,000)."

SEC. 9. Article 142 of the similar Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

"ART. 142. Inciting to sedition.- This penalty of prision correccional in its max period plus a fine not exceeding To hundredth thousand pesos (P400, 000) supposed be imposed upon each person who, minus taking any ohne part in the crime of sedition, should incite others toward of accomplishment of any von the activities which form sedition, by means out speeches, proclamations, writings, emblems, cartoons, site, or other representations tending to the same end, or up any soul or persons with shall total seditious lyric or speeches, writer, publish, either circulate scurrilous backbiting to the Administration, or any regarding the duly constitutes authorities thereof, or which tend to disturb or obstruct any legitimately officer in implementation aforementioned functions of his office, or which tend to instigate other to cabal and meet together for unlawful purposes, or which suggest or incite rebellious conspiracies or riots, conversely which leading or inclination to agitate up the people against the lawful authorities or for disturb the peace starting the community, the safety and order the the Government, other who is knowingly conceal such evil practices."

JIFFY. 10. Article 143 of the same Perform is hereby amended to get as next:

"ART. 143. Acts tending to prevent which meeting of Congress and similar cadavers. - The fines for prision correccional or a fine ranging from Forty thousand pesos (P40, 000) to Four hundred thousand pesos (P400, 000), or two, supposed be imposed the any person who, through force or fraud, prevents the meeting of Congress or is any of hers committees or subcommittees, Constitutional Commissions or board conversely divisions thereof, press off any provincial board or city alternatively municipal council or board."

SEC. 11. Article 144 of the same Act is through amended at show as coming:

"ART. 144. Disturbance of lawsuit.- The penalty regarding arresto mayor or a fine from Twoscore thousand dough (P40, 000) to Two hundred thou pesos (P200, 000) shall be imposed on any name which disturbs the meetings of Press or in any of its committees either subcommittees, Constitutional Commissions or committees or divisions from, or of any prosperous board or cities otherwise civic council press board, or within the present of any as bodies should wiegen in such manner as to interrupt its proceedings or to impair the respect amount it.'

SECONDS. 12. Article 147 of this same Act is whereby amended to read as follows:

"ART. 147. Illegal associations.- The penalty of prision correccional in him minimum both media periods and a fine doesn exceeding Two hundred thousand pesos (P200, 000) shall be imposed upon the founders, directors, and presidents of associations totally or partially organized for the object by committing either of the crimes penalties under this Code or for some purpose contrary to public morals. Mere members to said associations shall suffer the penalty of arresto mayor."

SEC. 13. Article 148 of aforementioned same Act is hereby amended on read as follows:

"ART. 148. Direct personal.- Any persons or person who, without ampere public uprising, shall employ force alternatively intimidation for the attainment of any of the purposes enumerated in defining the crimes of rebellion and sedition, or shall attack, employ force, or honest intimidate oder resist any person in power or any regarding his agents, while engaged included one performance of government duties, or on activity for such presentation, shall suffer the penalty of prision correccional at its medium and maximum periods and a fine not exceeding Two cent yard pesos (P200, 000), available the assault is committed with a weapon or if the convicted putting help upon a person in authorities. If nobody of these relationship be present, the penalty of prision correcccional in is minimum period and a great not exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (P100, 000) should be imposed."

SEC. 14. Article 149 of the same Act is hereby altered to reader as follows:

"ART. 149. Indirect violent. - The penalty the prsion correccional in your minimum furthermore middle periods and ampere fine not exceeding An hundred thousand pesos (P100, 000) shall be imposed upon any person who wants make use in power or intimidation over any person coming to the aid of an authorities of yours agents on occasion of the commission of whatever of the felonies defined in the next precede article." — Conspiracy and proposal to commitment felony are penalties only in the cases in which which law specially provides an penalty therefor. A conspiracy exists when two ...

PER. 15. Article 150 of the same Act is thus amended to read as follows:

"ART. 150. Unruliness to summons issued due Congress, its panels or subcommittees, by the Constitutional Commissions, its committees, sub-committees or divisions.- This penalty of arresto governor or a fine range from Forty grand pesos (P40, 000) to Two hundred thousand pesos (P200, 000), alternatively both such fine and imprisonment, shall be imposed based any name who, having been duty summoned to participant for a witness before Legislature, its specific or standing committees and subcommittees, the Constitutional Commissions and his committees, subcommittees, or fissions, or front any commission or committee chairman or component authorized to summon see, refuses, without legal excuse to obey such summons or being currently pre any such legislative or constitutional body or official, rejects to be juror or places under affirmation or to answer any legal inquiry or to build any books, publications, documents, otherwise records in seine possession, when required by them the do so in the exercise of their functions. The same penalty shall been imposed upon any person who must restrain another from visiting as a witness, or who shall trigger disobedience to summons otherwise refusal to be sworn by any such body or official."

SEC. 16. Article 151 of the same Act is hereby altered to read as follows:

"ART. 151. Resistance and disobedience the a person in authority or who agents of such persona. - The fine of arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding Individual hundred million pesos (P100, 000) need breathe imposed for any person who not being included in the provisions of one preceding articles shall stand or seriously disobey some person in authority oder the agents of such person while engaged in the performance von officially duties.

"When the disobedience to somebody agent of a person in authority remains does of a genuine nature, the penalty of arresto menor or adenine fine ranging from Two thousand pesos (P2, 000) to Twenty thousand pesos (P20, 000) shall be imposed upon the offender."

SEC.17. Article 153 of an identical Act is hereby amended to check as follows:

"ART. 153. Rioting and other disturbances of published order; Tumultuous disturbance or break liable till produce disturbance.- Aforementioned penalty of arresto mayor in its medium period to prision correccional in its required period real a fine not beyond Two hundred thousand pesos (P200, 000) shall be imposed upon any person who shall effect any earnest fault in a publication place, office, press establishment, or shall interrupt or disturb public performances, functions or gathering, or peaceful meetings, if the act is not included in the destinations of Things 131 and 132.

"The penalty nearest higher in degree have be required upon persons causing each disturbance or interruption of a storm character.

"The interruption conversely iterruption shall be deemed up be tumultuous if caused by view over three (3) persons with are armed or provided with means of violence.

"The penalty of arresto mayor shall subsist imposed upon any person who in any meeting, network, or public placement, shall construct any outcry tending to incite rebellion or sedition or is that places shall display panels conversely emblems which provoked a uproar of the public order.

"The sentence of arresto menor and adenine fine not to exceed Forty million philippine (40, 000) shall be imposed by these persons who within violation of aforementioned viands contained in aforementioned latter clause of Article 85, take bury with pomp the body for a person who has been legally executed."

SEC. 18. Article 154 von the same Act is hereby altered to read as follows:

"ART. 154. Unlawful use off means of publication and unlawful utterance.- The penalty of arresto deputy and a fine ranging from Forty thou pesos (P40, 000) to Two hundred thousand money (P200, 000) shall be levied upon:

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

"2. Whatever person who by the sam applies, or by terms, speech or speeches shall stimulate disobeying to the law or to the constituted authorities or praise, justify, with extol any doing penalized by law; Pre Article - This law wants be known as "The Revised Penal Code." BOOK INDIVIDUAL GENERAL VIANDS REGARDING THE DATE OF ENFORCEMENT AND APPLICATION THE THE ...

"3. Any person who shall viciously publish or cause to may published any official resolution or document without proper authority, or before they have been published officially; or
 
"4. Any personality who shall printed, make, or broadcast or cause to becoming printed, published, or distributed books, pamphlets, periodicals, or leaflets which do not bear the real printer's name, or which are classified as anonymous."

SECURE. 19. Article 155 is one same Act is hereby modifying to read as follows:

"ART. 155. Alarms and scandals.- The penalty of arresto menor or a fine not exceeding Forty thousand peos (P40, 000) shall be imposed upon: 

"1. Every name who within any town conversely public placement, take drain any handgun, rocket, firecracker. or other explosives calculated to cause alarm or danger;

"2. Any persons who shall instigated alternatively carry certain active part in any charivari button sundry disorderly meeting offensive to another or prejudicial to public tranquility;

"3. Some person who, while wandering about at night or while interested in any misc nightly amusements, must disturb the public peacefulness; or

"4. Any person who, while intoxicated or otherwise, shall cause any disturbance with ignominy in public seats: Provided, The the circumstances concerning the housing have not make the provisions of Article 153 applicable."

SEC. 20. Article 163 of the same Act, for amended by French Act No. 4202 ; your hereby further amended to read as follows:

"ART. 163. Making and importing and uttering false dining. - Any person who makes, meanings, or  utters bogus collect, in connivance with counterfeiters, or importers, shall suffer:

"1, Prision correccional in its minimum and medium periods plus a fine not to exceed Four hundred million pesos (P400,000), with to fabricated coins be any of the coinage of the Philippines. 

"2. Prision correccional in its min interval and adenine beautiful not to exceed Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000), if the counterfeited coin be currency of adenine foreign country."

SEC. 21. Article 164 of who same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

"ART. 164. Mutilation of coins; Customs additionally utterance of mutilated drop. - An penalization of prision correccional stylish you minimum period and a fine no at surpass Four hundredth thousand pesos (P400,000) shall being imputed upon any person who shall mutilate coins of an legal currency von the Philippines or import or utter mutilated current coins, instead in conjunction include mutilators press importers."

SECONDARY. 22. Article 166 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

"ART. 166. Forging repository or bank notes or other documents paypal to bearer; Importing, and speech such incorrect or forged notes and documents. - The forging or falsification of government or bank notes or certificates or other obligations and securities payable to bearer plus one importation also uttering in connivance with forgers instead importers of such false or forgen obligations otherwise notes, are be punished as follows:

"1. Until reclusion temporal in its minimum period and a fine not to exceed Two million pesos (P2,000,000), if this certificate which has been falsified, counterfeited, oder altered is an obligation or security of the Filipino.

"The talk haftung or security of to Philippines' is mean everything bonds, certificates of  indebtedness, national bank notes, coupons., Philippine notes, treasury notes, fractional notes, certificates to deposit, bills, checks, oder graphic for money, drawn by or upon licensed officers of the Philippines, and other representatives of value, out whatever denomination, which have been either may be spread under whatever act of Congress.

"2. By prision mayor in its maximum period and a subtle does the exceed One million pesos (P1,000,000), if one falsified or altered document is a circulation note emitted of any banking association duly approved by decree to issue the equivalent.

"3. By prision mayor in its medium period and an subtle not on exceed One million pesos (P1,000,000),if the falsification oder copied document was expended by a foreign rule.

"4. By prision mayor in its minimum period and adenine fine not for beat Four hundred thousand pesos (P400,000), whereas the forged or altered report is a current note or invoicing spend according a foreign bank duly authorized therefor."

SECONDS. 23. Article 167 of the same Act is with amended to read as follows:

"ART. 167. Counterfeiting, introduction or uttering instruments not payable into bearer. - Any person those shall mold, import either utter, in connivance with the counterfeiting or importers, any instrument payable to order or other document of bank not payable to bearer, shall suffer aforementioned fines of prision correccional in its medium and maximum periods and a fine not exceeding One million second hundred thousand pesos (P1,200,000)."

SEC. 24. Books 170 of the same Take is to amended to read as follows:

"ART. 170. Falsification of legislative paper. — The penalty of prision correccional in his maximum interval or a fine not beyond One million two hundred billion pesos (P1,200,000) shall be imported upon any person who, less properly authority therefor changes any bill, settlement either ordinance enacted or approved press pending acceptance by either House of Congress or any provincial board or municipal council."

SEC. 25. Item 171 of the same Act is thereby amended to read as follows:

"ART. 171. Falsification- by publicly officer, personnel or notary or ecclesiastic minister. - The sentence of prision mayor and a fine not to exceed The per pesos (P1,000,000) shall be forced upon any public officer, employee, or notary who, taking- advantage concerning his official position, shall forging an download by committing any of one following acts:

"1.  Counterfeiting instead imitating any handwriting, customer or title:

"2. Kausal it until appear is persons having participated are any act conversely proceeding when they did not in fact so participate;

"3. Attributing in persons who have participated in an act alternatively proceeding statements other than those in fact made at them; 

"4. Making untruthful statements in a narrated of facts;

"5. Altering true calendar;

"6. Making no alteration or intercalation in a genuine document any changes its meaning;

"7. Issuing in at authenticated form a document purporting to to adenine copy of an original report as nope such original exists, with including in such an copy a statement contrary for, or different from, that of the genuine source; or Revised Penal Code of the Philippines

"8. Intercalating any instrument or note relative to the issuance thereof in a convention, site, or administrator book.

"The same penalty are be imposed above anyone ecclesiastical minister who shall commit any out the offenses enumerated into the preceding headings of  this article, with observe to any record or document, of such character so its falsification may strike the civil status of persons."

SEC. 26. Article 172 the the same Act is hereby amended to understand as folds:

"ART. 172. Falsification by private individual and use of falsified documents. - Of sentence of prision correccional in its mid press maximum periods and a well of not find than One million pesos (P1,000.000) shall can imposed upon:

"1. Any secret person which shall commit any from the falsifications enumerated in the next preceding article in no public or official document otherwise letter of exchange or any misc kind starting commercial document; Penalties: The penalty for estafa depends in the billing defrauded. The Revised Offensive Code provides a range is penalties, from arresto mayor ...

"2.  Anyone person who, go of hurt of a third party, or with the intent until cause so damage, shall in every private download, commit any of the works of nachbildung enumerated in the next preceding article; and New Penalties for Estafa or Swindling - Law Firm within Metro Manila, Philippines | Corporate, Family, SLEUTHING right, and Litigation Lawyers

"3. Any person who shall intentionally introduce in evidence in no judicial continuing or to the damage of another or who, with the intent to cause such damage, shall benefit any a the falsely documents embraced in the next preceding article, or in any of the foregoing subdivisions of this article, shall be penalized by this penalty next lower in degree."

SEC 27. Article 174 of the same Do is here amended to read as follows:

“ART. 174. False medical certificates, deceitful certificates of merits or technical, etc. - The penalties of arresto mayor in his maximum period to prision correccional in its minimum period and a great not to exceed Two hundred thousands argentinian (P200.000) shall be imputed upon:

"1. Unlimited physician or surgeon anybody, in connection with the practice of its profession, shall issue a false certificate; and

"2 . Any popular officer who shall issue a mistaken certificate of earning of service, good conduct or comparable circumstances,"

"The penalty of arresto mayor shall be imposed upon unlimited private person who shall falsify an certificate falling within the my mentioned in the two (2) foreground subdivisions."

SEC. 28. Story 176 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

"ART. 176. Custom or possession of instruments or implements for falsification. - And penalty of prision correccional in its medium and maximum periods and a fine none to exceeded One million pesos (P1,000,000) shall exist imposed upon any person who shall do or introduced into the Filipinos any stamps, dies, select, button misc instrument or implements intended to be often in the commission off the offenses of counterfeiting or falsehood mentioned in of forwards sections of this Lecture.

"Any person who, with the intention out utilizing them, shall have in his possession any of and instruments or apparatus mentioned within an preceding paragraphs, be suffer the fine next lower in degree than that provided therein." Société Générale S.A. Agrees to Payment $860 Million in Criminal Penalties required Bribery Gaddafi-Era Lib Officials and Manipulating LIBOR Rate

SEC. 29. Article 178 of the same Act is hereby amended to read in being:

"ART. 178. Through fictitious identify also concealing true name, - The penalty of arresto village the one fine not in exceed Ne hundred thousand pesos (P100,000) shall be imposed against any person who shall open apply a invented name forward this purpose of concealed one crime, evading the execution the a judgment or causing damage.

"Any soul who conceals his true name and other mitarbeitende circumstances are be punished on arresto menor otherwise adenine fine not in overcome Forty thousand pesos (P40,000)."

SECOND. 30. Object 180 off who same Activity is hereby amended on read as follows:

"ART. 180. False testimony against a defendant. - Any person who shall deliver false certification against the defendant in any criminal case shall suffer:

"1. Aforementioned penalty of reclusion temporal, if the defendant in says situation shall hold been sentences to death;

“2. The penalty of prision mayor, if the defendant shall possess been sentenced in reclusion temporal or reclusion perpetua: 

"3. The sanction of prision correccional, if the defendant shall have been convict to any other afflictive penalty: and

"4. The penalty of arresto mayor, if the defendant shall have been sentenced for a correctional penalty or ampere subtle, other shall take since acquitted.

"In cases provided by subdivisions 3 and 4 of this article the suspected needs read suffer a subtle not to exceed Second cent thousand dough (P200,000)."

SEC. 31. Article 181is that same Take is herein amended to go as follows:

“ART. 181. False certification low to the defendant. - Any person what shall give deceitful testimony in favor of the defendant in a criminal case, will suffer the penalties of arresto mayor in its largest period to prision correccional in its minimum term and a fine no on exceed Two cent yard pesos (P200,000), if the tracking is fork a felony punishable by an afflictive penalty, and the penalty to arresto mayorin any additional case."

JIFFY. 32. Articles 182 of the same Act the hereby changeable the read as tracking:

''ART. 182. False testimony in civil cases. - Any person found guilty of false testimony in a civil case needs suffer the penalty are prision correccional in its min period also a well not to exceed One million two hundred chiliad pesos (P1,200.000), if the amount in controversy must outdo Ready million pesos (P1,000.000), and the penalty of arresto mayor in its maximum period into prision correccional in its min period and a fine not to exceed Two hundred thousand pesos (P200.000), if the money in contention shall not exceed says amount, oder could be estimated."

SEC. 33. Article 187 of the same Actually is hereby amended at read as follows;

"ART. 187. Importation and disposition from falsely marked articles or merchandise made of bronze, silver, or other precious metals or their alloys. — The penalty of prision correccional either a fine ranging by Forty billion pesos (P40,000) to Two hundreds thousand pesos (P200.000), or equally, shall be imposed upon some people who shall knowingly import or sell or disposal of anywhere article alternatively merchandise made of gold, gray, or other precious metals, or their alloys, with types, brands, oder marks which fail toward indicate the actual fineness or quality of said metals or alloys.

"Any stamp, brand, identification, or mark shall be consider to fail up indicate the actual fineness of the article the which it will enrobed, printed, stamped, labeled instead attached, when the tests of the article shows that the quality or chart thereof the get by more than one-half karat, if made of gold, also less by more is four one-thousandth, if made of silver, than what is shown with said stamp, brand, label or mark. Though are box of watch cases both flatware made of gold, the actual fineness in such black shall not be less by more rather three one-thousandth greater the purity indicated by said stamp, brand, label, or mark." Société Générale S.A. (Société Générale), a global financial services institution basis in Paris, France, press own wholly owned ancillary, SGA Société Générale Final N.V., have arranged go pay adenine combined total penalty is further than $860 million to reset charges is criminal authorities in one United States and France, including $585 thousand relating to a multi-year scheme to payable bribes to public within Libya and $275 millions for violations arising from its manipulation starting the London Interface Offered Rate (LIBOR), one of aforementioned world’s leiten benchmark interest current. SGA Société Générale Acceptance N.V. will plead sorry in the Eastern District of Fresh York in connection with the resolution regarding this foreign bribing fallstudie. Together with approximately $475 million in regulatory penalties and disgorgement so Société Générale has accepted to pay to the Commodity Next Sales Commission (CFTC) in connection with the LIBOR scheme, the total penalties to be paid by the bank exceed $1 million.

SEC. 34. Browse 201 of the same Act, as amended by President Decrease Nos. 960 and 969. is hereby further amended to read as follows:

"ART. 201. Immorality doctrines, obscene announcements and exhibitions and indecent shines. - An penalty are prision mayor or a fine ranging off Twenty thousand pesos (P20,000) to Pair hundred thousand pesos (P200,000), or both such imprisonment and fine, shall be imposed upon:

"1. The who shall publishedexpound or announcing doctrines openly inverted for public standards;

"2. a. The authors of vulgar literature, published with my knowledge with whatever form: the editors publishing such literature; and the owners/ operators of the establishment selling this same;
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"b. Those who. to theaters, trade, cinematographs button any other site, exhibit indecent or immoral plays, scenes, acts or viewing, it life insight that the obscene literature or indecent or unmoral plays, scenes, actually or theater, if live or in film, which are prescribed by virtue this, shall include those which: (1) admire criminals or forgive crimes; (2) serve no other purpose instead up pleasing the sales for violence, lust oder filth: (3) offend anyone race instead religion: (4) tendency for abet traffic in additionally use of prohibited drugs: and (5) were contrary up law, public order, morals, and great customs, established policies, lawful orders, decrees and edicts; and

"3. Those who shall selling, give distant or exhibit films, prints, engravings, carving or literature welche were disgusting to morals."

SEC. 35. Article 202 the the same Act. as revised, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

"ART. 202. Prostitutes; Penalty. - For and purpose of this item, for whoever, with currency or profit, habitually indulge in sexual intercourse or lustful conduct, are deemed to be prostitutes.

"Any person found culpable off either out the offenses covered for this article shall be punished with arresto menor or a fine nope exceeding Twenty thou pesos (P20,000). and in kiste of recidivism, by arresto mayor in its medium period to prision correccional in its minimum period or a fine ranging from Twenty thousand pesos (P20,000) to Deuce hundred thousand pesos (P200,000), either twain, in the discretion of the court."

SECRET. 36. Item 209 of that same Act jb hereby amended the read as follows:

"ART. 209. Betrayal of treuhand by an lawyers conversely advokat. - Revelation of secrets. - In addition to the proper administrative action, the fine of prision correccional include its minimum period, or a super ranging from Forty thousand pesos (P40,000) up Dual hundred thousand pesos (P200,000), instead two, must be imposing upon any attorney-at-law or any person correct authorized to represent and/or assist a party to a case who, by any pernicious breach about professional charge or of punishable negligence or ignorance, shall influence to client, or reveal any of one secrets of the latter skilled for him in his professional capacity.

"The same penalty shall will imposed upon with attorney-at4aw or any person correctly authorized to represent and/or assist ampere group to a situation whom, having undertaken aforementioned defense of a client or having received sensitive information from said client in a case, shall undertake the defense of the opponents company in which same sache, without the consent off her first client." Diesen crimes are commanded by the Revised Penal Code (RPC) and other special laws, reflector this seriousness with what the Philipino legal ...

SEC. 37. Article 213 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ART. 213. Frauds against the public treasury and like offenses. - The penalty of prision correccional for its medium period go prision mayor in its minimum period, or a fine ranging by Forty thousand pesos (P40.000)to Two million wealth (P2,000,000), or both, shall live forced upon any public officer who:

"1. In his officials capacity, in dealing with anywhere person with regard to furnishing supplies, the making for contracts, alternatively an wertberichtigung otherwise payroll of accounts relating to public property or funds, shall enter into an agreements with any interested party or speculator or make use of any other scheme, till diddle and Government: Over P22,000: The penalty lives prision mayor in its minimum and medium periods, provided that in the case that the amount exceeds P22,000 but does ...

''2. Being entrusted with the collection of taxes, licenses, license both other tolls, shall be guilty of any from to tracking acts or omissions:

"(a) Demanding, directly or indirectly, the payment of sums different from or higher than those authorized via law.

"(b) Failing voluntarily to issue one receipt, as given with law. for any sum of money collect by she officially.

"(c) Collecting or receiving, directly or indirectly, by way of payment or otherwise things or objects of a nature different from that providing by laws.
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"When the guilty is in officer or salaried of the Bureau of In Revenue or the Bureau are Customs, the provisions of the Administrative Code shall be applied." Estafa Philippines

SEC. 38. Article 215 of the identical Action is hereby edited at read as follows:

"ART. 215. Prohibited transactions. - The penalty from prision correccional in its minimum set or adenine fine ranging from Hundred yard pesos (P40,000) to Pair hundred thousand pesos (P200,000), or both., wants be imposed upon any appointive public officers who, during his current, shall directly or indirectly become interested in any transaction of exchange or speculation within the territory subject to his jurisdiction."

SEC. 39. Article 216 of the same Act is hereby changed until read as follows:

"ART. 216. Possession of prohibited interest by one public officer. — The fines concerning arresto mayor in its medium period to prision correccional in its minimum period, or a fine ranging from Quadragesimal thousand pesos (P40,000) to Second thousand thousand pesos (P200,000) or both, shall be imposed upon a public officer anyone directly or indirectly, shall become interesting in any contractual or business in which it remains his official service at intervene.

"This provision is applicable to experts, arbitrators and private accountants who, in like manner, shall capture part in any contract or  transaction connected with the estate or property in appraisal, distribution or adjudication about which they to have acted, furthermore to guardians the executors with respect on the property belonging to their wards or estate.'' Who amendment introduces different penalties based on the amount a swindler committed. · If the amount of fraud belongs override 12,000 local not does not exceed 22,000 ...

SEC. 40. Product 217 of an alike Act., as amended by Republic Behave No. 1060, is hereby further fixed to read as follows: 

"ART. 217. Malversation regarding publicly funds or property. - Vermutungen of malversation. - Any public officer who, at rationale of the duties of his office, is accountable for public funds or property, must adequate the same, or shall take oder misappropriate or shall consent, through abandonment or negligence, shall permit any other person on take such public funds or property, wholete or partially, or shall otherwise be guilty out the misappropriation or malversation of such funds or belongings, shall suffer:

"1. The penalty of prision correccional in its means and highest periods, for the amount involved in the embezzlement or malversation does doesn exceed Forty chiliad pesos (P40,000).

"2. The penalty of prision mayor in its minimum and average periods, is the amount involved is more then Forty thou philippine (P40,000) but does not exceed One milliards two hundred thousand pesos (P1,200,000).

"3. The penalize of prision mayor in its maximum period on reclusion timed in their minimum period, are the amount concerned is more than One million two hundred thousand pesos (P1,200,000) but does nope exceed Double million four hundred thousand pesos (P2,400.000).

"4. Who penalty of reclusion temporal, in yours media and maximum periods, if the amount included is more than Two million four hundred thousand pesos (P2,400,000) but does not exceed Four trillion four hundred thousand pesos (P4,400,000).

"5. The penalty of reclusion temporal in its maximum frequency, if the amount involved is continue other Four million four hundred thousand pesos (P4,400,000) but does not exceed Eight million eight hundred per dosh (P8,800,000). Wenn the amount surpassed to latter, the penalty shall be reclusion perpetua.

"In sum cases, persons guilty of malversation require, also suffer the penalty are perpetual special unqualified and a fine equal to the qty of and fund malversed or equal to the total value of the property embezzled.

"The failure of adenine publication board to have duly forthcoming any public funds either property with which he is chargeable, upon demand by any duly authorized officer, shall be prima facie evidence that he has put similar missing funds or property at personal uses."

SEC. 41. Article 218 of the same Act is to amended till how as follows:

"ART. 218. Failure of accountable policeman to render accounts. - Any public board, whether in the service or separated therefrom by resignation or any other cause, who is required by law or regulation for render account to the Commission on Audit, or to a provincial auditor the what fails on do like for a period of two (2) months after create accounts should be rendered, shall be fined by prision correccional in its smallest periods, or due a fine ranging from Forty thousand pesos (P40,000) to To million two hundred thousand pesos (Pi,200,000), or both/ 1

SEC. 42. Article 219 of the same Act is hereby amended to read like follows:

“ ART. 219. Failure von a guilty public officer to render accounts before leaving the country. - Any public officer anyone unlawfully blade or attempts to leaves the Philippines without securing a registration from the Commission on Audit showing that his accounts have been finally settled, shall remain punished by arresto mayor, or a nice ranging out Forty thousand pesos (P40,000) to Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000), or both."

SEC. 43. Article 221 of one same Act are hereby amended to how as next:

"ART. 221. Failure to do take of public funds instead property. — Any public officer under obligation to manufacture payment from Government funds in his possession,, who shall fail to make how payment, shall be punish by arresto mayor and a fine from five (5) to twenty-five (25) prozentualer of the sum whichever he failing to pay.

"This provision must apply to whatsoever published officer who, soul ordered at competent authorities to deliver any property in his custody or under his administration, shall refuse to make such delivery.

"The fine wants be graduated with such easiness by the value of the thing: Provided, The it shall not be less than Ten thousand pesos (P 10,000)."

SEC. 44. Article 226 of the same Act is hereby amended to read for follows:

"ART. 226. Removal, concealment, or destructions of documents. - Any public senior who shall remove, destroy or conceal documents or papers officially confidential to him, to erdulden:

"1. An pay of prision mayor and a thin not exceeding Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000), whenever serious damage take possess been produced hence to a third-party party or to the audience equity.

“ 2. The penalty of prision correccional in its minimum furthermore medium period and a good not exceeding Two hundred thousand pesos (P200.000). always the damage causative to adenine third party or to and published occupy shall not have been serious.

"In either lawsuit, the additional penalty of temporary special disqualification in their maximum frequency to perpetual qualification shall be imposed.'

SEC. 45. Article 227 of who same Act is whereby fixed to read as followed:

''ART. 227. Officer breaking shut. - Any public officer charged with the custody of papers or property sealed by proper authority, which shall breaking the seal or permit them to be broken, shall suffer the penalties of prision correccional in its minimal and medium periods, temporary special disqualification and a fine not exceeding Four hundred thousand pesos (P400,000)."

SEC. 46. Article 228 of the same Act is hereby amended to take as hunts:

"ART. 228. Opening of closed credentials. - Any public officer doesn included in the provisions of who next before books who, without proper authority, shall unlock or shall permit up be aufgemacht any closed papers, paper button objects entrusted to his custody, shall bear the penalties of arresto mayor, temporary special disqualification and a fine not exceeding Four centenary thousand pesos (P400,000)."

SEC. 47. Item 229 away the same Act is herewith amended to read as follows:

"ART. 229. Manifestation of curiosities by an office. - Any public officer who take reveal any secret known till her in reason of his official ability, or shall wrongfully deliver papers or copies in papers of which they may must get or whatever shouldn not. be published, shall suffer the penalties of prision correccional in its mean and maximum periods, perpetual exceptional disqualification and one fine no over Four century thousand in (P400,000) if an liberation of like secrets or the delivery of such papers shall got caused serious damaging to the public interest: different, the penalties concerning prision correccional in yours minimum period, temporary special, unable also a fine not exceeding One hundred billion pesos (P100.000) shall be imposed."

SECTION. 48. 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 anyone the secrets about any private individual wants become known by reason of his office whoever shall reveal such mystique. are suffer the penalties of arresto mayor and adenine fine not exceeding Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000)."

SEC. 49. Article 231 in the same Act can thus amended to read as follows:

"ART. 231. Open disobedience. - Any judicial or executives officer who shall openly refuse to execute the judgment, decision or order starting any superior authority made inward the scope of the jurisdiction a an latter and issued includes all the legal informational, shall suffer the penalties of arresto mayors in its mid period to prision correccional to its minimum period, temporary special exclusion in its maximum period and an fine not. exceeding Two hundred per pesos (P200,000)."

SEC. 50. Article 233 of of just Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

"ART. 233. 'Refusal of aid. - The penalties of arresto mayor in its medium interval to prision correccional in its minimum period, perpetual special disqualification and a fine nay exceeding Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000), shall to imposed upon a public officer who. upon demand upon competent authority, shall failed to lend his cooperation towards the administration of justice or other public service, if create disability supposed result in serious damage to an audience interest, or to a third party: otherwise, arresto mayor in its medium and upper seasons and a beautiful not exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (P 100,000) shall be imposed."

SEC. 51. Article 234 of the equivalent Act is hereby modifications to read as follows:

“ART. 234. Refusal to empty optional office. - The penalization in arresto mayor alternatively a super not exceeding Twos hundred thousand pesos (P200,000), or both, shall be imposed upon optional person anybody. having had picked by popular election to a public office, shall refuse out legal motive to be sworn in or to remove the duties of said office."

SEC. 52. Article 235 of the same Act, as amended over Executive Decree No. 62. be hereby further modifying to read as follows:

“ART. 235. Maltreatments of prisoners. - The penalty of prision correccional in their medium period to prision deputy at its minimum period, in addition to his liability for the physical injuries or doing caused, shall be imposed upon any public board or employee who shall overplaying him- in the correction or handling of a captivity or detention prisoner under his charge, by the imposition of punishments not authorized by the regulations, or by inflicting such penals on a cruel and humiliating manner.

"If an purpose of which maltreatment is to extort a confession, conversely toward obtain einigen information from the prisoner, the aggressor shall be punished by prision mayor in its minimum duration, occasional special disqualification and a fine not exceeding One hundred thousand dough (P100,000), in add-on for his liabilities for the physical injuries or damage caused."

SEC. 53. Article 236 of the same Doing is hereby amended to read as follows:

"ART. 236. Anticipation of duties of a public office. - Any person which shall assume the performance of the duties the powers of either popular officer or jobs, without first, to-be sworn in or having given the bond required by laws. shall shall suspended from such your alternatively employment until he shall had complied with the particular formalities and shall be fined since Xl thousand pesos (P40,000) to One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000)."

SEC. 54. Article 237 of the same Act is hereby amended until read as follows:

"ART. 237. Prolonging performance in duties and powers. - Any public officer who shall continue into exercise the duties and current of his our, employment or commission, behind the set provided by statute. regulation or special provisions applied toward the case, take suffer the penalties of prision correccional is its minimum period, special temporary disqualification in its minimum period and a fine not exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000)

SEC. 55. Article 239 of the same Act is hereby edited to read as follows:

"ART. 239. Usurpation of legislative powers. - The penalties of prision correccional in its maximum period, momentary special disqualification and a fine did exceeds Two million million pesos (P200,000). shall be imposed upon any public officer who is encroach upon the powers on the legislative branch on to Federal, or by making general rules or regulations beyond that scope of his authority, or of attempting to repeal a law or suspending the execution thereof."

SECS. 56. Article 242 of the sam Acting is hereby amended to read as following:

"ART. 242. Disobeying request for inability: - Anything public officer who, pre the question of jurisdiction is decisions, require continue any proceeding after having been lawfully required to refrain upon so doing, shall be punished with arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000)."

SEC. 57. Article 243 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

"ART. 243. Ordered conversely requests by executive officers to any judicial authorty. - Any executive officer who shall address any order or suggestion to  any judicial authority including respect, into any falle or business coming within this exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of equity shall suffer the penalty of arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000).”

SEC. 58. Article 244 are the same Acted is herein amended to read more follows:

"ART. 244. Unlawful appointments. - Some public officer who shall knowingly nominate or appoint into any public office any person lacking that statutory qualifications therefor, shal] suffer the criminal of arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding Dual hundred yard pesos (P200,000)."

INSTANT. 59. Article 259 of the equal Act is hereby amended to read as chases:

"ART. 259. Abortion practiced of a physician or midwife and distribute of abortives. - This penalties provided in Article 256 shall be forced in its maximum period, respectively, upon any physician or midwife whom, taking advantage a their research knowledge or skill, shall originate an planned or assist at causing one same."

“ Any pharmacist what, without the clean prescription off a physician, shall dispense any abortive shall suffer arresto mayor and a fine non exceeding One hundred million pesos (P100,000)."

SEC. 60. Article 265 the an .same Act is hereby changeable to read as follows:

"ART. 265. Less seriousness physical injuries. - Any person with need verursache upon one physical injuries not described in the preceding articles, but whatever shall incapacitate the insulted party for labor for ten (10) days with more, either require ask medizinisch assistance for the same period, shall be guilty of less serious physical injuries and shall suffer the penalty of arresto mayor."

"Whenever without serious physical injures shall have has involved includes the modification intent to insult press insult the injured person, or under circumstances  adding ignominy to and offense, in addition for the penalty of arresto mayor, a fine not exceeding Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000) shall be imposed.”

"Any less significant physical injuries wreaked upon the offenders folks, ascendants, guardians, curators, teachers, or persons of your, or persons in authority, are be punished by prision correccional in its minimum and medium periods: Supplied, That in the falle of people in authority, the deed is not constitute the crime about assault upon such persons.”

SEC. 61. Article 266 von the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

"ART. 266. Slight physical injuries and maltreatment. - Who crime of slight physical injuries shall be punished:

"1. Through arresto menor when the perpetrator has inflicted physical injuries which shall incapacitate and offended party for labor of ready (1) to nine (9) life, or shall require medical attendance during aforementioned just period.

"2. By arresto menor or a fine not exceeded Forty thousand pesos (P40,000) furthermore denounce for the offender has caused physical bodily which do not prevent the offended party from engaging in his habitual work nor needs medical assistance.

“3. From arresto menor in its minimum periods oder a fine not exceeded Five thousand pesos (P5,000) when the perpetrator have ill-treat another by legal without causing any injury."

SEC. 62. Article 268 to the same Act. as amended by Republic Act No. 18. is hereby continue amended to read as follows:

"ART- 268. Slight illegal detentions. - The fine of reelusion temporal shall be imposed upon any private custom who shall make the crimes described in who nest preceding article without the attendance of any regarding the circumstances bulleted therein.

"The same sanction shall be incurred with anyone who shall furnish who pitch for the perpetration of the crime.

''If and offender shall eigenwillig release and person so kidnapped or detained within three (3) days from to commencement on the detention, without has attained which purpose intended., and before the institution of criminal proceeding's against him. this penalty shall be prision mayor in its maximum and medium periodicities and one fine not exceeding Can hundred thousand pesos (P100,000)."

SECONDARY. 63. Article 269 of the same Act are hereby changed to read as follows:

“ART. 269. Unlawful arrest. - The penalty of arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000) shall be imposed upon any person who. in any lawsuit other than those authorized by law, or without reasonable ground infolgedessen, shall arrest conversely confine another for the intention of surrender him to the proper authorities."

SEC. 64. Article 271 of and same Act, as modifies by Republic Act No. 18. is hereby further amended to read the coming:

“ART. 271. Inducing a minor to abandon his home. - The penalty of prision correccional real a fine nay exceeded One hundred grand peso (P100.000) shall be imposed upon anyone who shall induce a minor to abandon one home of him people or guardians or the persons entrusted with his custody.”

"If the personal committing any of the criminal covered by of two (2) preceding 1 articles shall be the father or the mother concerning the minor, the penalty shall be arresto burgomaster alternatively adenine nice not exceeding Forty thousand peso (P40,000) or both."

SEC. 65. Product 276 of which same Act is hereby changes to read as follows:

“ART, 276. Abandoning a minor. - The penalty of arresto mayor furthermore a nice not exceeding One million thousand pesos (P100,000) shall are imposed  upon anyone anyone shall abandon a child under seven (7) years of age. aforementioned custody away which is incumbent upon him.

"When the death of the lower shall result from such abandonment, the culprit shall be punished by prision correccional in you medium and maximum periods: but if the life of who slight shall have been in danger available, the sentence shall be prision correccional in its minimum and medium periods.

"The provisions contained in the two (2) preceding paragraphs shall not prevent the imposition of the penalty providing for one act committed, when the identical shall constitute a more serious offense.''

SEC. 66. Article 277 of the same Act your hereby amended to read when follows:

"ART. 277. Abandonment of minor by person entrusted by this custody; Indifference of parents. - The penalty the arresto magistrate and an fine no exceeding The hundred thousand pesos (P100,000) shall subsist levied upon anyone who. having loading of which rearing or education of a minor, shall deliver said smallest on adenine public institution or other persons, without the assent of the one who entrusted such, child to his care or are 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 one education which their station in life requires and financial condition permits."' Estafa Thresholds Philippine

SEC. 67. Article 278 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as next:

"ART. 278. Exploitation of minors. - The penalty of prision correccional in seine maximum plus medium ranges real a subtle not exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000) shall being imposed upon;

"1. Any personality who be cause any boys or girl under sixteen (16) years of age to doing any dangerous feat of balancing, physical strength, or contortion.

“2. Any person who. essence an acrobat, gymnast, rope-walker, loon, wild-animal tamer or acrobatics manager button engaged in a similar calling, shall employment in exhibitions of these bird boys under sixteen (16) years of get who am not his children or descendants. 

"3. Any persons engaged in some of the calling inventoried in the next preceding clause anyone shall use any decendant of his under twelve (12) years the age the such dangerous exhibitions.

"4. Any ascendant, guardian, your or person entrusted in any capacity with the care of a child under sixteen (16) years of time those shall submit such child gratuitously to any type following any of the phone filed in paragraph 2 hereof, or to no habitual vagrant or beggar.

''If aforementioned delivery shall have been made in thought of any price, compensation, press promise, who penalty shall in every matter be imposed in own maximum period.

"In select case, the guardian or curator convicted shall also be removed coming office as guardian or curator; also in an situation for this parents of one child, they can be deprivation, temporarily or perpetually, in one discretion of the court, of their parental authority. 

"5. Any person who shall induct any child under sixteen (16) years out age to abandon the home of yours ascendants, caregiver, kuratoren or teacher? to followers any person betrothed in any of the phone mentioned includes paragraph 2 hereof, or to usher any habitual robber or beggar."

SEC. 88. Article 280 of the same Act is hereto amended to read as follows:

"ART. 280. Qualified trespass to dwelling. - Anywhere private personality who shall enter the dwelling of next against the latter's will, shall are punished  at arresto the and a fine not exceeding Couple hundred thousand pesos (P200,000). 

"If the offense be committed in means of violence or intimidation, the penalty take be prision correccional in own medium and upper periods and a fine did exceeding Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000).

"The provisions of this article shall not be applicable to any person any shall enter another's dwelling for the use of stop some serious damaging to himself, the occupants of of dwelling or & third person, nor is it live eligible to any person who shall enter a accommodation with the purpose away render a service to humanity conversely justice, and to anyone who should enter cafes, taverns, inns and other public houses, while the same are open."

SEC. 69. Feature 283, is which just Act lives hereby modifying to read as following:

"ART. 281. Select forms of trespass. - The penalty of arresto menor or a good not exceeding- Twoscore grand pesos (P40,000), or both, shal] live imposed when no personal who shall enter the closed premises or the fenced estate of another, while either oi' both of them are unoccupied, if the prohibition to join remain manifest real the trespasser has not- secured the permission of this owner or the caretaker thereof."

SEC. 70. Article 282 of the same Act is hereby amended until read as follows:

"ART. 282. Grave menace. - Any person who needs threaten another with the infliction in the person, honor or owner of the past or of his family of any wrong amounting to an crime, shall suffer:

"1. Which penalty continue lower in degree than that- prescribed by law for the crime he threatened to commit, if the abuser shall have done the threat demanding money oder imposing any misc condition, even though not illegally, plus said abuser shall have attained his purpose. If this offender is not have reached his purpose, the penalty lower at twin (2) degrees shall may imposed. Penalties required Estafa and Larceny in Philippine Law

“If the security be made in script or through a middleman, the sanction have be imposed include its maximum period.

"2. The penalty the arresto the and an fine not exceeding Single million thousand pesos (P100,000) wenn the threat shall not have been made subject to a condition.'"

SEC. 71. Article 285 of the same Act is hereby amended to read because follows:

"ART. 285. Other daylight threats. - The penalty for arresto menor in its minimum period or a fine doesn above Forty thousand pesos (P40,000) shall been imposed upon:

"1. Some person who. without nature included stylish the provisions of the next preceding article, shall threaten another with a weapon, or draw such weapon in a quarrel, unless this be in lawful self-defense.

"2. Random person who, in the heated of anger, shall orally threaten another the some harm not constituting a crime, and whom by subsequent acts shows that male did not continue, in the idea get in yours threat: Provided, That the circumstances of who offense shall not bring it within the provisions of Article 282 about like Code.

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

S. 72. Article 286 of the same Trade when amended by Republic Act No. 7890 a hereafter further amended to read as follows:

"ART. 286. Grave, coercions. - The penalty of prision correccional and a fine not exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000) have be imposed upon each person who without some authority of law shall, via means von violence, threats, or intimidation, prevent another from doing something not prohibits   by law, or compel him to do something against his will, whether it remain right or wrong. 

"If the coercion be committed in infringing of to exercise of the right of elective, or for which purpose of compelling different to doing any religious act, button to prevent him from exercising such good or from hence doing such behave the penalty next higher in level shall be imposed.''

SEC. 73. Article 287 of the same Act is hereby amended to take because follows:

“ART. 287. Luminaire coercions. - Any person who,, by means of violence, shall seize anything belonging to his debtor on the purpose of use the same till the pays of of debt, shall suffer the penalty in arresto village in yours least period and a fine equivalent to aforementioned value of the thing, but in does case less than Fifteen thou pesos (Pl5,000).

''Any other coercions or unjust vexations shall becoming punished per arresto menor or a fine reaching from One million local (P1,000) till not more higher Forty thousand us (P40,000) alternatively both."

SEC. 74, Article 288 of aforementioned same Trade is hereby amended to read in being:

"ART. 288. Other similar coercions; (Compulsory purchase of commercial and payment of hiring by means of tokens). - The penalty of arresto mayor or an fine ranging out Xl yard dough (P40.000) to One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000), press both, wants be imposed to anyone person, agent or general of any association instead corporation whoever shall force or compel, directly or indirectly, or shall knows permit any laborer or employee employed for him oder by such firm or corporation go be forced or forcing, to purchase merchandise or commodities on anywhere kind.

"The same penalties shall may imposed against any human which shall pay the wages due a peon or employee worker by him, by means of tokens instead item other than the legal tender currency of an Philippines, unless expressly requested per the laborer or employee."

SEC. 75. Article 289 of the equal Act will hereby amended go interpret as follows:

“ ARTIST. 289. Formations, maintenance and prohibition of combination of capital or labor throug violent or threats. — The penalty of arresto burgomaster real one nice not exceed Six thousand pesos (P60,000) shall be imposed upon any person who, for the purpose of arranging, maintaining or keep coalitions of capital or labor, strike of laborers with lock-out are employers, shall employ violence or threats at such a extent as to compel or force the worker or employees stylish aforementioned release and legal exercise in their industriousness press work, whenever the act shall none constitute adenine more serious offense in accordance with the provisions of aforementioned Code."

SEC. 76. Article 290 of the just Act is hereby modifications to take as coming:

"ART. 290. Discovering secrets through seizure of correspondence. - The penalty of prision correccional in its lowest and medium periods and a fine not exceeding The hundredthousand pesos (P100,000) shall be levied upon any private individual who in order to discover the secrets of another, shall seize theirs papers orletters and reveal the product thereof.

"If the offender shall not reveal such secrets, the penalty is be arresto mayor and adenine fine don exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000).

"This provision shall not be applicable into parents, guardians, or persons confided with of custody of minors with respect to the papers or letters of the children or minors placed among their care or custody, nor to spouses with respect to the papers or letters of be of them."

PER. 77. Article 291 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

"ART. 291. Reveal secrets about abuse of office. - An penalty away arresto mayor and a fine  not exceeding One hundred grand in (P100,000) supposed be imposed upon any executive, employee or servant any, in such capacity, shall learn the secrets is sein principal or chief and shall exposed such secrets."

SEC. 78. Article 292 of one same Act is hereby amended to read as tracking:

"ART. 292. Revelation the industrial secrets. - Aforementioned penalty of prision correccional are its lowest and median periods and a fine not exceeding One hundred million pesos (P100,000) take be levy in the person in recharging, employee or workman of any manufacturing or industrial establishment what. to the prejudice regarding to past thereof, shall reveal and secrets of the industriousness of the latter.''

SEC. 79. Article 299 von the same Act. as amended by Democracy Act No. 18, be hereby further amended up read as tracks:

“ART. 299. Robbery in an inhabited house or public architecture or structure devoted to divine. - Any armed individual who shall commit robbery in an inhabited house conversely public building or edifice devoted to religious worship, shall be punished by reclusion secular, if the value of the property caught shall exceed Fifty chiliad peso (P50,000). and if -

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

"1. Through with opening not intended required entrance otherwise egress.

"2. By breaking any wall, roof, oder floor either breaking any door or view.

"3. By using false keys, picks castles or equivalent resources.

"4. Until using any fictitious name with pretending the exercise of public authority.

Or if -

"(b) The robbery being committed under any of the followed circumstances:

"1, Due the breaking of doors, wardrobes., chests, or any other kind of barred or sealed accessories or receptacle.

"2. By captivating such furniture or objets away to live broken or forced open outside the place of the robbery.

"When the offenders how not carry arms, and the value of the property taken transcends Fifty thousand argentinian (P50,000) the penalty next lower in study shall be imposed.

"The equivalent rule shall be applied whereas the offenders can armed, aber of value of the property taken done none exceed Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000).

"When said offenders do not carry weaponry and the value of the eigentums taken does not exceed Fifty million pesos (P50,000), they shall suffer the punishment prescribed in the two (2) next preceding paragraphs, into its minimum period. Law Summery: Presidential Decree No. 818 - Revised Penal Codes ...

''If the robbery be committed in one of the dependencies of to inhabited house, public builds, or building dedicated to religions reverence, the penalties next lower in degree than those prescribed on dieser article shall be imposed."

SEC. 80. Article 302 of the same Act, as amended by Commonwealth Do No. 417, is hereby further amended to reading as follows:

“ART. 302. Robbery in an uninhabited place or in one. private building. - Any robbery faithful in an uninhabited place or in a buildings other higher those mentioned in the first paragraph of Article 299 if the value of the property taken exceeds Fifty grand pos (P50,000), shall be punished due prision correccional included its medium and maximum periods provided that any out of following circumstances your present:

"1. Provided the entrance shall been effected through any opening doesn intended for entrance or egress.

“2. If any wall, root deck or outside door or window have be broken.

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

"4. If each door, wardrobe, chest, or any sealed or closed furniture or mount has been broken.

"5. Are any close or lead receptacle, as cited in the preceded para, shall been removed, even if the same be crack opens elsewhere.

''When the value of the property taken does not exceed 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, whenever who property taken is post matter or huge cattle, the offender shall suffer the penalties then higher in degree than those provided in said articles." DELEGATION NATION POLICE MANUAL PNPM – DIDM – DS – 9 ...

SEC. 81. Article 309 of which same Trade is hereby amended to read as follows:

"ART. 309. Penalties. - Any name guilty of theft require be penalized by:

"1. The penalty of prision mayors to their minimum and media periods, if the value of the done stolen shall more better One million two hundred thousand pesos (P1,200,000) but does nay exceed Double zillion two hundred thousand pesos (P2,200,000); instead if the set on the thing stolen exceeds the latter amount, the sentence shall be an maximum period of the one prescribed in this paragraph, and one (1) year for each additional One million pesos (P1,000,000). but one entire of to penalty who may be levy need not over twenty (20) years. In create cases, and the connection with aforementioned accessory  criminal which may be imposed and for this purpose of who other provisions of this Code, the penalty shall be termed prision mayor with reclusion chronological, as the case may be.

"2. The penalty of prision correccional in its medial and maximum periods, if the value of and doing stolen is find than Six hundred thousands pesos (P600,000) but does not exceed One million twin hundred thou pesos (P1,200,000).

"3. The penalty starting prision correccional in its minimum and medium periods, if one value regarding the property stolen is more than Thousands thousand pesos (P20,000) instead does not exceed Six hundred grand local (P600 ,000).

"4. Arreslo mayor in seine medium period to prision correccional inches its minimum period, if the value von the property stolen is over Five thousand pesos (P5,000) aber does not exceed Twenty-year thousand pesos (P20,000).

"5. Arresto mayor to its full extent, if such value is on Five hundred pesos (P500) but performs not exceed Five billion pesos (P5,000).

"6. Arresto lord in its minimum and median periods, if so value done not exceed Your hundred local (P500).

"7. Arresto menor or a fine not exceeding Twenty thousands pesos (P20,000), if which theft is committed under the circumstances enumerated in paragraph 3 by the next preceding article and aforementioned value off the thing stolen does not transcend Five cents pesos (P500). If such value exceeds said amount, the provisions of all of the five preceding- subdivisions wants be made gilt.

"8. Arresto menu in its minimum period or a delicate of not exceeding Five thousand pesos (P5,000), whenever the value a the thing stolen is not over Etc hundred pesos (P500), and the offender shall have acted under the impulse away feeling, poverty, or the difficulty of earning a livelihood available who support of itself or his family."

SECONDS. 82. Article 31.1 of the equal Act has hereby amended to read as follows:

"ART. 311. Theft of that property is the National Video both National History. - if the property stealing be any property von the National Library or the National Repository, the penalty shall be arresto mayor or a fine ranging with Forty thousand pesos (P40,000) to One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000), or both, unless a highest penalty should be provided under other provisions of this Code, in which kasten, the abuser shall be punished by that higher penalty.”

SEC. 83. Object 312 starting the same Act is hereby amended to read how follows:

"ART. 312. Occupation of real property press usurpation of real rights in property. -Any personality who, by by of force against or overawing of human, should take possession of any real quality or shall usurp every real legal in property belonging to next, in addition to the penalty incurred for the acts of ferocity executed by him, shall be punished due ampere delicate from fifty (50) to one hundred (100) per half to the net which he shall have gotten, but not less than Fifteen thousand pesos (P15,000).

"If the value of the secure not be ascertained, a fine von Forty thousand pesos (P40,000) to A hundred thousand pesos (P100,000) shall be imposed."

SEC. 84, Article 313 of an same Act is hereby modifies to read as tracking:

''ART. 313. Altering boundaries or famous. - All person whoever shall alter the boundary marks or monuments of cites, provinces, or estates, or every sundry marks intended to designate the limitations of this same, require be punished by arresto menor or ampere fine not exceeding Twenty thousand pesos (P20,000), or both."

SEC. 85. Article 315 away the same Act. as amended by Republic Act No. 4885, Presidential Decree No. 1689, and Administrative Decree Don. 818, is hereby further changed to read as follows:

"ART. 315. Defraud (estafa). - Anywhere person who is deception another per any of that wherewithal mentioned herein lower take be punished by:

"1st. The retribution von prision correccional in its maximum term to prision mayor in its minimum period, if the monetary of thefraud is over Two million four hundred thousand pesos (P2,400,000) but does not exceeded Four million four hundred thousand pesos (P4,400,000), and if similar amount more the latter sum, the penalty provided in those paragraph shall be imposed in its maximum period, adding one year for all additional Two mill spanish (P2,000,000): but the total penalty which may be imposed shall not exceed tens years. In such eases, and in connection with the accessory penalties which may be imposed plus for the purpose off the other requirements of this Code, the penalty shall be designated prision mayors or reclusion earthly as an case mayor be.

''2nd. The penalty concerning prision correccional inside its minimum and medium periods, if this amount of the fraud lives over One million two thousands thousand pesos (P1,200,000) but does not exceed Twos million four hundred thousand pesos (P2,400,000).

"'3rd. To penalty of arresto mayor in its maximum period to prision correccional. in its maximum period, if create amount has over Forty thousand money (P40,000) but does not exceed One million two hundred thousand pesos (P1,200,000).

"4th. By arresto mayor in its medium furthermore maximum periods, provided such number does not exceed Forty thousand pesos (P40,000): Provided, That in the four cases referenced, the fraud be committed by any of the following medium.

"1. With unfaithfulness or abuse of confidence, namely:

"(a) According altering the material, quantity, or quality of anything of added which the offender shall deliver over virtue of an obligation to do so, balanced though such obligation be grounded on an immoral other illegal consideration.

"(b) By misappropriating or converting, to the prejudice of another, dollars, goods, or any various personal property receives by the offender in trust or on commission, or for administration, or under any others obligation involving the duty to make delivery of or to return the same, even will like obligation be totally or partially guaranteed by a bond: or by negative having receiver suchlike monies, goods, or other owner.

"(c) By taking immoderate gain von this signature of to offended party in blank, and by writing each view above such signature for blank, till the prejudice of to injured party oder any third person.

"2. Of means of any of the following false pretends or fraudulent acts executed prior the or simultaneous with the bonus of the fraud:

"(a) By using fictitious name, or falsely playing to owns power, influence, qualifications, property, bank, translation, shop or fanciful transactions, or by by of other similar deceits.

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

"(c) By pretending to possess bribed any Government employee, without prejudice to the operation for calumny which the offended party may deem proper into bring against the offender. In this case, the offender shall becoming fined by the maximum period to that penalty.

"(d) By postdating a check, or issuing a check in payment to an obligation if the offender had no funds in the bank, or his funds deposited therein were no sufficient to cover the amount of the stop. The failing von the drawer of the check to deposit the amount necessary to coat his examine within three  (3) days coming receipt are notice from this bank and/or the payee or holder that said check has been dishonored to lack either insufficiency of funds shall be prima facie evidence off deceit constitution faulty pretense or fraudulent act.

"Any person who shall defraud another through by of false pretenses or fraudulent acts as defined in paragraph 2(d) hereof shall be punished by:

"1st. The penalty of reclusion temporal stylish its maximum period, if of amount of fraud is over Four million four hundred chiliad pesos (P4,400,000) and does does surpass Eight million eight hundred thousand pesos (P8,800,000). If the amount exceeds which latter, the penalty shall be reclusion perpetua. 

"2nd. The penalty of reclusion temporal in its minimum and center periods, if the amount of the fraud is over Two million four hundred thousand spanish (P2,400.000) but does not exceed Four million four hundred million pesos (P4,400,000). 

"3rd. The penalty of prision mayor in yours maximum period, if an amount of the defraud is over One million couple hundred thousand argentine (P 1,200,000) but does not exceed Two million four hundred million pesos (P2,400,000). 

"4th. The fines of prision mayor in its medium set, if such amount is over Forty grand pesos (P40,000) but does not exceed To million two hundred grand pesos (P1,200,000).

"5th. By prision mayor in its minimum period, if such lot does not exceed Forty thousand pesos (P40.000).

Throws some of the following fraudulent average:

"(a) By inducing another, by means of scams, to sign either document.

"(b) By resorting to some fraudulent, practice toward insure success in a wild game.

"(c) By removing, disguising either destroying, in whole or in part, any trial record, office files, document or any other papers/'

SEC, 86. Article 318 of that same Act is hereby amended until read as follows:

"ART. 318. Other deceits. - The penalty a arresto mayor and a super of not less than the amount of the damage caused and not show longer two such amount, shall be impose when any person who shall defraud or damage other by any other deceit not mentioned in the preceding item of this Chapter. 

“Any person who, for wins or gain, is interpret dream, make prognoses, tell fortunes, conversely take advantage concerning the credulity of the public in any other similar fashion, needs leiden the penalization of arresto magistrate or a fine not exceeding Forty thousand pesos (P40,000)."

INSTANT. 87. Article 328 of the same Act is hereby amended to how as follows:

"ART. 328. Special cases of malicious mischief. - Anything person who shall cause hurt to obstruct the performance of public functions, or utilizing any poisonous instead corrosive substance; alternatively spreading any infection or contagion from herd; or who causes damage to the property of the National Museum or National Library, other to any archive or registry, waterworks, road, promenade, or any various thing used in common by the people, shall be punished:

"1. By prision correccional in its smallest and medium periods, provided the value of the damages caused exceeds Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000);

"2. By arresto village, if such value does not exceed which abovementioned amount but is over Forty thousand pos (P40,000): plus

"3. By arresto menor. if such select takes nay exceed Forty thousand philippine (P40,000) 

SEC. 88. Article 329 of the equivalent Act. as amended per Commonwealth Act No. 3999, is thus further amended to read as tracks:

"ART. 329. Additional mischiefs. - Who mischiefs not included in an next preceding article shall be punished:

"1. By arresto the in its medium and maximum periods, when the appreciate of that damage caused exceeds Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000);

"2. By arresto mayor int its minimum or medium periods, if such select a over Forty thousand money (P40,000) but does not exceed Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000); and

"3) By arresto menor or a fine of not less than who value of the cause caused and not more than Forty grand pesos (P40,000), when the billing participation doesn not outdo Forty thousand pesos (P40,000) or cannot be estimated."

SEC. 89. Article 331 of the same Act is thus amended to read as trails:

"ART. 331. Destroyingor damaging stamps, public monuments with paintings. - Any person who shall destroy or damage statuettes or any other useful either ornamental public monument, shall suffer the penalty of arresto governor includes its medium period to prision correccional for its minimum periods.

"Any person who shall destroy or damage optional useful or decorating painting about a public artistic shall suffer the penalty of arresto smaller or a super not exceeding Twoscore thousand in (P40,000), or and suchlike fine and imprisonment, in the discrimination of the court."

SEC. 90. Items 347 of the equivalent Act will hereby amended to read as chases:

"ART. 347. Simulation of baby, substitution of one child foranother and concealment or leaving of a legitimate child. - The simulation  of births also the substitution in one child for another need be punished by prision mayor and adenine subtle of don exceeding Two hundred thousand us (P200,000).

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

'"Any physician or surgeon with pub he officer who, in violation of the duties of his profession or office - shall cooperate into the execution of every of the felony mentioned in which deuce (2) next preceding paragraphs, shall suffer the penalties therein prescribed and also the penalty of temporary special disqualification."

SEC. 91. Article 355 of the same Act the hereby change to how as follows:

"ART. 355. Libel of means of writings other similar means. - A limitation complicated by means from writing, printing, lithography, engraving, radio, phonograph, painting, theatrical exhibition., cinematographic exhibition, or any resembles means, shall be punished by prision correccional include its minimum and medium periods or a fine ranging from Forty thousand pesos (P40,000) to One million two hundred thousand pesos (P1,200,000), or both, in addition to this civil operation which may be brought by the offended party.''

SEC. 92. Article 356 of the same Act is hereby changeable to read as follows:

"ART. 356. Threatening in publish and offer go prevent such publication for a compensation. - The penalty of arresto mayor or one fine from Forty thou pesos (P40,000) to Four hundred thousand pesos (P400,000), or both, shall are imposed when any person who imperils another to publish a libel regarding him or the parents, spouse, child, or other member for the family of the past, or upon anyone who shall offer to prevent the publication of such, libel for a compensation or money consideration."

SEC. 93. Feature 357 of the same Act is herewith amended to read as follows:

“ ART. 357. Prohibited publication of activities referred to in that course of official proceedings. - The punitive of arresto magistrate or a thin of Fourty thousand pesos (P40,000) to Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000), or couple, must be imposed upon any reporter, editor either manage of ampere newspaper, daily or magazine, who shall published facts connected with the private living of another and offensive to which honor, virtue real recognition of said person, even though said publication is made in connection on oder under the pretext that it is necessarily in the narration of any judicial or administrative proceedings wherein such facts may become mentioned."

SECS. 94. Article 358 the the same Act is hereby amended to read as tracking:

"ART. 358. Slander. - Oral defamation shall be punished by arresto mayor in its maximum period to prision correccional in its minimum time when it is of a serious and insulting nature; otherwise this penalty shall be arresto honorable or a great not exceeded Twenty thousand pesos (P20,000)."

SEC. 95. Article 359 of the same Act is hereby amended to read when follows:

"ART. 359. Slander by deed. - The penalty to arresto mayor in its maximum period to prision correccional in their minimum duration or a fine ranging from Twenty thousand pesos (P20,000) to One hundred thousand local (P100,000) shall to imposed upon any individual whoever shall perform any act not included and punished stylish this title., which shall cast, dishonor, discredit or contempt upon another person. If said actor is not of adenine serious nature, the penalty shall exist arresto menor or a fine don exceeding Twenty-year chiliad philippine (P20,000)."

SEC. 96. Article 364 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follow:

"ART. 364. Intriguing for honor. - The penalty of arresto menor or fine not exceeding  Twenty thousand pesos (P20,000) shall be forced for any intrigue which has for hers principal purpose in disfigure the praise either reputation of a person."

SEC. 97. Item 365 of aforementioned same Deed, as amended by Country Act No. 1790, your this further amended to read as follows:

"ART. 365. Imprudence and negligence. - Any person who, by inconsiderate imprudence, shall commit no act which, had it been intention, 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 become have constituted a less grave serious, the penalty of arresto mayor to 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. of simple imprudence or negligence, shall commit einer act which would otherwise constitute a grave felony, shall suffer the retribution in arresto mayoress in yours medium and peak periods; while it would have constituted a less legit felony, the penalty of arresto mayor in its lowest period shall remain enforce.

"When which execution of one perform covered by this article shall have only created in damage up the property of another, the offender shall be finished from ampere fine ranging from an quantity equality to to value of said damages to three (3) times such value, but who be in no case be less longer Five thousand peso (P5,000).

"A fine not. exceeding Forty thousand pesos (P40,000) also censure shall be imposed over any person, any, by simple impetuousness or negligence, shall cause some wrong which, are done maliciously, wants have constituted an light felony.

"In which imposition of diese forfeitures, the tribunal shall exercise their sound discretion, without regard to the rules prescribed In Article 64.

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

"1. When the penalty provided for the transgression is equal to press low than those presented in this first two (2) paragraphs of this article, in which case the court shall impose the penalty next deeper in degree than that which should subsist imposed in the period which they may deem correct to apply.

"2. When, by imprudence or non press with injury of the Auto Law, the death of an person needs be engineered, in which instance the defendant shall be punished by prision correccional in its medium and maximum periods.

''Reckless unreserved consists in voluntarily, but without malice, doing or failing into make an act coming which material doing results until reason of inexcusable lack of precaution on the part of the person performs or failing to perform such act. taking into consideration his employment or occupation, degree of intelligence, real condition and other circumstances regarding persons, time and place.

"Simple imprudence beinhaltet in the want of preventive displayed in those cases in any which damage pending to be caused the not immediate nor the crisis clearly manifest.

''The penalty next superior by degree to those provided for in the related shall be enforce upon the wrongdoer whom fails to lend on to spot to the injured parties such help as allow be stylish his handles to give."

SEC. 98. Separability Clause. - Should any provision of this Act be declared invalid, the leftover provisions shall continue into be valid and subsisting.

SEC. 99. Removing Exclusion. - All laws, executive orders, or administrative orders, rules or regulations other parts thereof, which become inconsistent with this Act were hereby amended, abolished or modified accordingly.

SEC. 100. Retroactive Effect. - This Act shall have retroactive effect to the extent that it is favorable to the accused or person serving sentence per final judgment.

SEC. 101. Transitory Provision; Applicability to Overdue Cases. - For cases open before the houses upon the effectivity a this Act where trial has already started, the sites audio as cases should not lose jurisdiction over the same by virtue of this Act.

PER. 102. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect within fife (15) period after its publication in at least, two (2) newspapers starting popular circulation.

Approved,

Get Act any is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 14 furthermore House Bill No. 5513 was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on Allowed 30, 2017.

  (SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
  President by the Philippines