Section 64. Section 7. 243. 3019, created the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, Presidential Decree No. - Any public officer who shall knowingly nominate or appoint to any public office any person lacking the legal qualifications therefor, shall suffer the penalty of arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding Two hundred thousand pesos (₱200,000).". Section 16. 11 and House Bill No. "3. Article 180 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "Art. Section 45. Repealed by Executive Order No. 227. General Provisions Regarding the Date of Enforcement and Application of the Provisions of this Code, and Regarding the Offenses, the Persons Liable and the Penalties. PANTALEON D. ALVAREZSpeaker of the House of Representatives, AQUILINO "KOKO" PIMENTELPresident of the Senate. 191, S. 1987. Alarms and scandals.— The penalty of arresto menor or a fine not exceeding Forty thousand pesos (₱40,000) shall be imposed upon: "1. False testimony in civil cases - Any person found guilty of false testimony in a civil case shall suffer the penalty of prisión correccional in its minimum period and a fine not to exceed One million two hundred thousand pesos (₱1,200,000), if the amount in controversy shall exceed One million pesos (₱1,000,000), and the penalty of arresto mayor in its maximum period to prisión correccional in its minimum period and a fine not to exceed Two hundred thousand pesos (₱200,000), if the amount in controversy shall not exceed said amount or cannot be estimated.". Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by Section 11 of Republic Act No. Immoral doctrines, obscene publications and exhibitions and indecent shows - The penalty of prisión mayor or a fine ranging from Twenty thousand pesos (₱20,000) to Two hundred thousand pesos (₱200,000), or both such imprisonment and fine, shall be imposed upon: "1. Philippines - The Revised Penal Code as amended by Act No. "2. It does not comprise a comprehensive compendium of all Philippine penal laws. When the penalty provided for the offense is equal to or lower than those provided in the first two (2) paragraphs of this article, in which case the court shall impose the penalty next lower in degree than that which should be imposed in the period which they may deem proper to apply. 114-116 and Arts 134-142. Subsidiary Penalty. Law defining and penalizing the crimes of treason, insurrection, sedition, etc., now provided for in Arts. Article 365 of the same Act, as amended by Republic Act No. Article 239 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "Art. Slight illegal detention. "5th. 1. Presidential Decree No. 268. Section 39. The penalty of prisión mayor in its maximum period, if the amount of the fraud is over One million two hundred thousand pesos (₱1,200,000) but does not exceed Two million four hundred thousand pesos (₱2,400,000). If the offender shall not have attained his purpose, the penalty lower by two (2) degrees shall be imposed. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: Section 1. The Cabinet of Ministers on Monday (14) approved the proposal made by Minister of Justice Ali Sabry to amend the fines stipulated in the Penal Code, The Morning learnt. - The penalty of arresto mayor in its maximum period to prisión correccional in its minimum period or a fine ranging from Twenty thousand pesos (₱20,000) to One hundred thousand pesos (₱100,000) shall be imposed upon any person who shall perform any act not included and punished in this title, which shall cast dishonor, discredit or contempt upon another person. Robbery in an inhabited house or public building or edifice devoted to worship. "4th. 3815, as amended) by Philippines (Republic)., 1968, [Central Book Supply, inc.] edition, in English - 4th ed. The Revised Penal Code contains the general penal laws of the Philippines. - The penalty of arresto mayor or a fine ranging from Forty thousand pesos (₱40,000) to One hundred thousand pesos (₱100,000), or both, shall be imposed upon any person, agent or officer of any association or corporation who shall force or compel, directly or indirectly, or shall knowingly permit any laborer or employee employed by him or by such firm or corporation to be forced or compelled, to purchase merchandise or commodities of any kind. Arresto mayor in its medium period to prisión correccional in its minimum period, if the value of the property stolen is over Five thousand pesos (₱5,000) but does not exceed Twenty thousand pesos (₱20,000). 9. 271. Through any of the following fraudulent means: "(a) By inducing another, by means of deceit, to sign any document. 10158 (March 27, 2012) Article 202 of the Philippines’ Revised Penal Code defines prostitution as a crime only women can commit. "When the death of the minor shall result from such abandonment, the culprit shall be punished by prisión correccional in its medium and maximum periods; but if the life of the minor shall have been in danger only, the penalty shall be prisión correccional in its minimum and medium periods. Section 80. Section 13. Section 87. 353, 362. the penalty shall be arresto menor or a fine not exceeding Twenty thousand pesos (₱20,000).". Article 163 of the same Act, as amended by Republic Act No. Title of acts repealed by the Revised Penal Code are: 2. 1689, and Presidential Decree No. - Persons conspiring to commit the crime of sedition shall be punished by prisión correccional in its medium period and a fine not exceeding Four hundred thousand pesos (₱400,000).". 272 shall take effect thirty (30) days following its publication in the Official Gazzette) 48. 3815, Otherwise Known as "The Revised Penal Code", as Amended. "8. 114-116 and Arts 134-142. First enacted in 1930, it remains in effect today, despite several amendments thereto. 7659 : AN ACT TO IMPOSE THE DEATH PENALTY ON CERTAIN HEINOUS CRIMES, AMENDING FOR THAT PURPOSE THE REVISED PENAL LAWS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES", "An Act Prohibiting the Imposition of the Death Penalty in the Philippines", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Revised_Penal_Code&oldid=997468900, Pages using collapsible list with both background and text-align in titlestyle, Pages using a deprecated parameter in the legislation infobox, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Perpetual absolute disqualification and that of civil interdiction during thirty years following the date of sentence, Civil interdiction for life or during the period of the sentence as the case may be, and perpetual absolute disqualification, 12 years and one day to 14 years and 8 months, 14 years and 8 months to 17 years and 4 months, 6 months and 1 day to 2 years and 4 months, 2 years, 4 months and 1 day to 4 years and 2 months. "The same rule shall be applied when the offenders are armed, but the value of the property taken does not exceed Fifty thousand pesos (₱50,000). Section 54. Section 9. 10951, august 29, 2017 ] an act adjusting the amount or the value of property and damage on which a penalty is based, and the fines imposed under the revised penal code, amending for the purpose act no. If any wall, roof, floor or outside door or window has been broken. 292, amended by Act No. SOURCES OF PHILIPPINE CRIMINAL LAW 1. 37, 6767 (september 11, 2017); manila bulletin, business mirror, september 1, 2017 [ republic act no. Article 229 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "Art. 7. Art. The main thrust of the law is to increase the amount or value of property or damage upon which the penalty is based resulting in wide-ranging impacts in the classification of penalties, scale of penalties, and in the jurisdiction of courts. CONTRARY to Art. "4. 2. “Swindling” under Article 315 and “Other Forms of Swindling” under Article 316 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended: 10. Repealing Clause. SOURCES OF PHILIPPINE CRIMINAL LAW 1. Section 37. Article 143 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "Art. 144. Section 4. Malacanan released today, August 31, Republic Act (R.A.) No. The penalty of prisión mayor in its minimum and medium periods, if the amount involved is more than Forty thousand pesos (₱40,000) but does not exceed One million two hundred thousand pesos (₱1,200,000). 155. - For the purpose of this article, women who, for money or profit, habitually indulge in sexual intercourse or lascivious conduct, are deemed to be prostitutes. Other forms of trespass. 276. It must be recalled that what was involved therein was a violation of a municipal ordinance; thus, the applicable law was not Article 91 of the Revised Penal Code, but Act. "(a) The malefactors shall enter the house or building in which the robbery was committed, by any of the following means: "1. 5. Grave coercions. - 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. "2. Any person who, being an acrobat, gymnast, rope-walker, diver, wild-animal tamer or circus manager or engaged in a similar calling, shall employ in exhibitions of these kinds children under sixteen (16) years of age who are not his children or descendants. Article 242 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "Art. Frauds against the public treasury and similar offenses. 4225 and R.A. No. AN ACT ADJUSTING THE AMOUNT OR THE VALUE OF PROPERTY AND DAMAGE ON WHICH A PENALTY IS BASED, AND THE FINES IMPOSED UNDER THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ACT NO. Intercalating any instrument or note relative to the issuance thereof in a protocol, registry, or official book. 134-A. Section 3. THE PENAL CODE ACT. - Any person who shall give false testimony against the defendant in any criminal case shall suffer: "1. Article 219 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "Art. "2. - Any person who shall give false testimony in favor of the defendant in a criminal case, shall suffer the penalties of arresto mayor in its maximum period of prisión correccional in its minimum period and a fine not to exceed Two hundred thousand pesos (₱200,000), if the prosecution is for a felony punishable by an afflictive penalty, and the penalty of arresto mayor in any other case.". Act No. GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING THE DATE OF ENFORCEMENT AND APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CODE, AND REGARDING THE OFFENSES, THE PERSONS LIABLE AND THE PENALTIES. If the amount exceeds the latter, the penalty shall be reclusion perpetua. 1060, is hereby further amended to read as follows: "Art. 10168, otherwise known as the Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act of 2012 16. "The disturbance or interruption shall be deemed to be tumultuous if caused by more three (3) persons who are armed or provided with means of violence. 10951, august 29, 2017 ] an act adjusting the amount or the value of property and damage on which a penalty is based, and the fines imposed under the revised penal code, amending for the purpose act no. The penalty of arresto mayor in its maximum period to prisión correccional in its minimum period, if such amount is over Forty thousand pesos (₱40,000) but does not exceed One million two hundred thousand pesos (₱1,200,000). "Less gave felonies are those which the law punishes with penalties which in their maximum period are correctional in accordance with abovementioned article. 309. 10592, amended the law on increasing the good conduct time allowance for prisoners (this, Republic Act No. - Any person who, by means of violence against or intimidation of persons, shall take possession of any real property or shall usurp any real rights in property belonging to another, in addition to the penalty incurred for the acts of violence executed by him, shall be punished by a fine from fifty (50) to one hundred (100) per centum of the gain which he shall have obtained, but not less than Fifteen thousand pesos (₱15,000). 272, July 25, 1987. 215. 3815, otherwise known as "the revised penal code", as amended Section 61. Section 40. - The penally of prisión correccional in its maximum period and a fine not exceeding Four hundred thousand pesos (₱400,000) shall be imposed upon any person who, without taking any direct part in the crime of sedition, should incite others to the accomplishment of any of the acts which constitute sedition by means of speeches, proclamations, writings, emblems, cartoons, banners, or other representations tending to the same end, or upon any person or persons who shall utter seditious words or speeches, write, publish, or circulate scurrilous libels against the Government, or any of the duly constituted authorities thereof, or which tend to disturb or obstruct any lawful officer in executing the functions of his office, or which tend to instigate others to cabal and meet together for unlawful purposes or which suggest or incite rebellious conspiracies or riots, or which lead or tend to stir up the people against the lawful authorities or to disturb the peace of the community, the safety and order of the Government, or who shall knowingly conceal such evil practices.". Section 70. Section 85. - The penalty of prisión correccional in its minimum and medium periods and a fine not exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (₱100,000) shall be imposed upon any private individual who in order to discover the secrets of another, shall seize his papers or letters and reveal the contents thereof. "2nd. 199 and special laws. Article 310 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended, is further amended to read as follows: chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary chanrobles virtual law library "Art. Article 228 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "Art. 3815, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE REVISED PENAL CODE", AS AMENDED. Featured on the World Wide Web by The Law Firm of Chan Robles & Associates - Philippines. This policy brief provides the rationale for amending Articles 202 and 341 of the Revised Penal Code on Prostitution and White Slave Trade. Section 31. 140. The penalty of reclusion temporal, if the defendant in said case shall have been sentenced to death; "2. Section 65. Article 313 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "Art. If it cannot be ascertained who actually killed the deceased, but the person or persons who inflicted serious physical injuries can be identified, If it cannot be determined who inflicted the serious physical injuries, Physical injuries inflicted in a tumultuous affray, If serious physical injuries are inflicted upon the participants thereof and the person responsible thereof cannot be identified, When the physical injuries inflicted are of a less serious nature and the person responsible therefore cannot be identified, Unless it is an attempted or frustrated parricide, murder or homicide, If committed by mother of the child for the purpose of concealing her dishonor, If violence upon the person of the pregnant woman was done, If without violence upon and without the consent of the woman, Abortion practiced by the woman herself of by her parents, If practiced upon herself or consent to another person, If practiced upon herself to conceal dishonor, If practiced by her parents for concealing her dishonor, Abortion practiced by a physician or midwife and dispensing of abortives, If pharmacist who, without the proper prescription from a physician shall dispense any abortive. 154. "2. "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, taking into consideration his employment or occupation, degree of intelligence, physical condition and other circumstances regarding persons, time and place. Public officer revealing secrets of private individual. Failure of accountable officer to render accounts. 10951 - LAWPHiL CRIME is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law forbidding of commanding it. "(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. "The failure of a public officer to have duly forthcoming any public funds or property with which he is chargeable, upon demand by any duly authorized officer, shall be prima facie evidence that he has put such missing funds or property to personal uses."<<. Using fictitious name and concealing true name - The penalty of arresto mayor and a fine not to exceed One hundred thousand pesos (₱100,000) 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. Special Penal Laws. By breaking any wall, roof, or floor or breaking any door or window. BOOK ONE . If value is more than 1,200,000 pesos but less than 2,200,000 pesos, If value is more than 20,000 pesos but less than 600,000 pesos, If value is more than 5,000 pesos but less than 20,000 pesos, If value is more than 500 pesos but less than 5,000 pesos, If value is less than 500 pesos, and enter an enclosed estate or a field where trespass is forbidden or which belongs to another and without the consent of its owner. "6. Section 82. 480. Offences committed partly within and partly beyond the jurisdiction. Making any alteration or intercalation in a genuine document which changes its meaning; "7 issuing in an authenticated form a document purporting to be a copy of an original document when no such original exists, or including in such a copy a statement contrary to, or different from, that of the genuine original; or. Article 312 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "Art. False testimony favorable to the defendant. "The same penalty shall be incurred by anyone who shall furnish the place for the perpetration of the crime. Code of Virginia. Usurpation of legislative powers. 44, May 31, 1945). AN ACT REVISING THE PENAL CODE AND OTHER PENAL LAWS. Article three hundred and sixty-five of the Revised Penal Code is hereby amended, to read as follows: "Art. "Other persons participating therein shall suffer the penalty of prisión correccional in its maximum period and a fine not exceeding One million pesos (₱1,000,000).". "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 The penalty of reclusion temporal in its maximum period, if the amount of fraud is over Four million four hundred thousand pesos (₱4,400,000) but does not exceed Eight million eight hundred thousand pesos (₱8,800,000). Article 269 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "Art. Making and importing and uttering false coins - Any person who make, imports, or utters false coins, in connivance with counterfeiters, or importers, shall suffer: 1. Section 36. - Should any provision of this Act be declared invalid, the remaining provisions shall continue to be valid and subsisting. Those who shall publicly expound or proclaim doctrines openly contrary to public morals; "2. a. 3815, otherwise known as "The Revised Penal Code" is hereby amended to read as follows: "Art. "This provision shall not be applicable to parents, guardians, or person entrusted with the custody of minors with respect to the papers or letters of the children or minors placed under their care or custody, nor to spouses with respect to the papers or letters of either of them.". Any ascendant, guardian, teacher or person entrusted in any capacity with the care of a child under sixteen (16) Years of age, who shall deliver such child gratuitously to any person following any of the callings enumerated in paragraph 2 hereof, or to any habitual vagrant or beggar. "In the cases specified in Articles 294, 295, 297, 299, 300, and 302 of this Code, when the property taken is mail matter or large cattle, the offender shall suffer the penalties next higher in degree than those provided in said articles.". 136. 285. Section 59. 10175, criminalized acts in cyberspace via the, Republic Act No. "4th. … No. The Revised Penal Code itself was enacted as Act No. - The penalty of prisión mayor and a fine not to exceed One million pesos (₱1,000,000) shall be imposed upon any public officer, employee, or notary who, taking advantage of his of position shall falsify a document by committing any of the following acts: "1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: Section 1. Article 182 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "Art. An Act Adjusting the Amount or the Value of Property and Damage on Which a Penalty is Based and the Fines Imposed Under the Revised Penal Code, Amending for the Purpose Act No. It does not comprise a comprehensive compendium of all Philippine penal laws. Section 100. Article 328 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "Art. 3815) Features: -No internet connection required -Full-Text Search -Simple user interface -Requires Android 4.1 and up -As last amended by Republic Act No. Removal, concealment or destruction of documents, Temporary special disqualification in its maximum period to perpetual disqualification, Public officer revealing secrets of private individual, Temporary special disqualification in its maximum period, Disobedience to order of superior officers, when said order was suspended by inferior officer, Refusal of assistance of a public officer, If the purpose of the maltreatment is to extort a confession, or to obtain some information from the prisoner, Anticipation of duties of a public office, Prolonging performance of duties and powers of a public officer, Special temporary disqualification in its minimum period, Abandonment of office or position of a public officer, If abandoned top evade discharge of the duties preventing, prosecuting or punishing any of the crime, Orders or requests by executive officers to any judicial authority, Abuses against chastity by public officers. Section 91. By prisión mayor in its minimum period and a fine not to exceed Four hundred thousand pesos (₱400,000), when the forged or altered document is a circulating note or bill issued by a foreign bank duly authorized therefor.". "In either case, the additional penalty of temporary special disqualification in its maximum period to perpetual disqualification shall be imposed.". Any person who by means of printing, lithography, or any other means of publication shall publish or cause to be published as news any false news which may endanger the public order, or cause damage to the interest or credit of the State; "2. Article 281 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "Art. Chapter II—Territorial application of the Code. - Any judicial or executive officer who shall openly refuse to execute the judgment, decision or order of any superior authority made within the scope of the jurisdiction of the latter and issue with all the legal formalities, shall suffer the penalties of arresto mayor in its medium period to prisión correccional in its minimum period, temporary special disqualification in its maximum period and a fine not exceeding Two hundred thousand pesos (₱200,000).". 1790, is hereby further amended to read as follows: "Art. Article 221 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "Art. 359. If affects any food substance, motor fuel or lubricants, or other articles of prime necessity, Importation and disposition of falsely marked articles or merchandise made of metals, Subsisting and altering trade-mark, trade-names, or service marks, Unfair competition, fraudulent registration of trade-mark, trade-name or service mark, fraudulent designation of origin, and false description, If offender have acted by reason of inexcusable negligence or ignorance, and order was manifestly unjust, Betrayal of trust by an attorney or solicitor, or revelation of secrets, If act subject of bribery was accomplished, If act subject of bribery was not accomplished, Temporary special disqualification in its maximum period to perpetual special disqualification, Equal to the amount of the funds malversed or equal to the total value of the property embezzled, If value is more than 40,000 pesos and less than 1,200,000 pesos, If value is more than 1,200,000 pesos and less than 2.400,000 pesos, If value is more than 2,400,000 pesos and less than 4,400,000 pesos, If value is more than 4,400,000 pesos and less than 8,800,000 pesos, Failure of accountable officer to render accounts, Failure of a responsible public officer to render accounts before leaving the country, Failure to make delivery of public funds or property, 5% to 25% of the sum that was not delivered, If the fugitive shall have been sentenced by final judgment to any penalty, If the fugitive shall not have been finally convicted but only held as a detention prisoner, Escape of prisoner under the custody of a person not a public officer. 115. Article 129 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "Art. BOOK ONE. In his official capacity, in dealing with any person with regard to furnishing supplies, the making of contracts, or the adjustment or settlement of accounts relating to public property or funds, shall enter into an agreement with any interested party or speculator or make use of any other scheme, to defraud the Government; "2. Section 52. "When the offenders do not carry arms, and the value of the property taken exceeds Fifty thousand pesos (₱50,000), the penalty next lower in degree shall be imposed. Penalty for sedition - The leader of sedition shall suffer the penalty of prisión mayorin its minimum period and fine not exceeding Two million pesos (₱2,000,000). "4. The penalty of prisión correccional, if the defendant shall have been sentenced to any other afflictive penalty; and. Section 72. 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