SEC. Penalty for sedition.- The leader of a sedition shall suffer the penalty of prision mayor in its minimum period and a fine not exceeding Two million pesos (P2,000, 000). A libel is public and malicious imputation of a crime, or of a vice or defect, real or imaginary, or any act, omission, condition, status, or circumstance tending to cause the dishonor, discredit, or contempt of a natural or juridical person. SEC. Search warrants maliciously obtained and abuse in the service of those legally obtained. Web"Any person found guilty of any of the offenses covered by this article shall be punished by arresto menor or a fine not exceeding 200 pesos, and in case of recidivism, by arresto mayor in its medium period to prision correctional in its minimum period or a fine ranging from 200 to 2,000 pesos, or both, in the discretion of the court." 20. - The penalties provided in Article 256 shall be imposed in its maximum period, respectively, upon any physician or midwife who, taking advantage of their scientific knowledge or skill, shall cause an abortion or assist in causing the same. 1, Revised Penal Code (RPC) provides as a justifying circumstance that the following do not incur any criminal liability: Anyone who acts in defense of his person or rights, provided that the following circumstances concur; 2 First. "2. 244. 180. In such eases, and in connection with the accessory penalties which may be imposed and for the purpose of the other provisions of this Code, the penalty shall be termed prision mayor or reclusion temporal as the case may be. WebThe distinctions between unlawful use of means of publications under Article 154 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC) and violation of Section 3 (k) of RA No. - The forging or falsification of treasury or bank notes or certificates or other obligations and securities payable to bearer and the importation and uttering in connivance with forgers or importers of such false or forged obligations or notes, shall be punished as follows: "1. as amended by Republic Act No. 237. SEC. Article 285 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. Under Article 154 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC), as amended Republic Act No. SEC. WebAnyone who acts in defense of the person or rights of his spouse, ascendants, descendants, or legitimate, natural or adopted brothers or sisters, or of his relatives by affinity in the same degrees, and those by consanguinity within the fourth civil degree, provided that the first and second requisites prescribed in the next preceding SEC. SEC. Destroyingor damaging statues, public monuments or paintings. SEC. SEC. SEC. SEC. 65. Slight physical injuries and maltreatment. Any person who shall maliciously publish or cause to be published any official resolution or document without proper authority, or before they have been published officially; or "4. 242. Conspiracy and proposal to commit treason; Penalty. SEC. Revelation of industrial secrets. 19. "Any stamp, brand, label, or mark shall be deemed to fail to indicate the actual fineness of the article on which it is engraved, printed, stamped, labeled or attached, when the test of the article shows that the quality or fineness thereof is less by more than one-half karat, if made of gold, and less by more than four one-thousandth, if made of silver, than what is shown by said stamp, brand, label or mark. "8. - Any person who shall alter the boundary marks or monuments of towns, provinces, or estates, or any other marks intended to designate the boundaries of the same, shall be punished by arresto menor or a fine not exceeding Twenty thousand pesos (P20,000), or both.". Article 227 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: ''ART. or other explosives calculated to cause alarm or danger;"2. Article 167 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. Correctional and Penal Institutions 217.345. SEC. 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 149 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. "Less grave felonies are those which the law punishes with penalties which in their maximum period are correctional, in accordance with the abovementioned article. SEC. - Any public officer who shall continue to exercise the duties and powers of his office, employment or commission, beyond the period provided by law. Any person who shall induce any child under sixteen (16) years of age to abandon the home of its ascendants, guardians, curators or teacher? 277. "The same penalty shall be incurred by anyone who shall furnish the place for the perpetration of the crime. 215. Article 231 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. Arreslo mayor in its medium period to prision correccional in its minimum period, if the value of the property stolen is over Five thousand pesos (P5,000) but does not exceed Twenty thousand pesos (P20,000). 18, is hereby further amended to read as follows: ART. "5th. 5. Making untruthful statements in a narration of facts; "6. - Any person guilty of theft shall be punished by: "1. Article 154 does not cover all news which may be shown to be false. The RPC covers only false news which may endanger the public order, or cause damage to the interest or credit of the State. Fake news affecting individuals, on the other hand, may be covered by other laws or provisions of the RPC, including libel . SEC. SEC. 16. "8. Article 329 of the same Act. Threatening to publish and offer to prevent such publication for a compensation. 48. 129. Article 31.1 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. Article 283, of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. to the prejudice of the owner thereof, shall reveal the secrets of the industry of the latter.''. SEC. SEC. Requirement of Prision correccional in its minimum period and a fine not to exceed Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000), if the counterfeited coin be currency of a foreign country.". SEC. WebArticle 154 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. The Revised Penal Code of the Philippines. Simulation of births, substitution of one child foranother and concealment or abandonment of a legitimate child. Article 290 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. 331. If the threat be made in writing or through a middleman, the penalty shall be imposed in its maximum period. Being entrusted with the collection of taxes, licenses, fees and other imposts, shall be guilty of any of the following acts or omissions: "(a) Demanding, directly or indirectly, the payment of sums different from or larger than those authorized by law. "If the coercion be committed in violation of the exercise of the right of suffrage, or for the purpose of compelling another to perform any religious act, or to prevent him from exercising such right or from so doing such act the penalty next higher in degree shall be imposed.''. "(c) Collecting or receiving, directly or indirectly, by way of payment or otherwise things or objects of a nature different from that provided by law. WebFinally, the private offended party need not fear a forfeiture of his right to file this separate civil action by prescription, in cases where during the prosecution of the criminal action and prior to its extinction, the private-offended party instituted together therewith the civil action. Article 187 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows; "ART. 57. Article 181of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: ART. Any person who shall knowingly introduce in evidence in any judicial proceeding or to the damage of another or who, with the intent to cause such damage, shall use any of the false documents embraced in the next preceding article, or in any of the foregoing subdivisions of this article, shall be punished by the penalty next lower in degree.". The penalty of prision mayor in its maximum period, if the amount of the fraud is over One million two hundred thousand pesos (P 1,200,000) but does not exceed Two million four hundred thousand pesos (P2,400,000). 228. 64. Article 176 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. 6. Formation, maintenance and prohibition of combination of capital or labor through violence or threats. Malversation of public funds or property. Abandonment of minor by person entrusted with his custody; Indifference of parents. Article 209 of the same Act jb hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. 960 and 969. is hereby further amended to read as follows: "ART. SEC. Penalties Title Four. By arresto menor or a fine not exceeding Forty thousand pesos (P40,000) and censure when the offender has caused physical injuries which do not prevent the offended party from engaging in his habitual work nor require medical assistance. Article 154 of the new RA 10951, as reported, seems to be unconstitutional. without being included in the provisions of the next preceding article, shall threaten another with a weapon, or draw such weapon in a quarrel, unless it be in lawful self-defense. 30. Betrayal of trust by an attorney or solicitor. - The penalty of arresto mayor or a fine not exceeding Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000), or both, shall be imposed upon any person who. "4th. WebA person who for gain or to gratify the passions of others: (a) traffics in women or infants and young persons, whether by seducing them, by enticing them, or by procuring them or Article 355 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. 154. 266. 25. Article 331 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. 155. Possession of prohibited interest by a public officer. Inciting to sedition.- The penalty of prision correccional in its maximum period and a fine not exceeding Four hundred thousand pesos (P400, 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.". 10951] 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 WebBooks. Correctional and Penal Institutions Section 217.345. "The same penalty shall be imposed upon an attorney-at4aw or any person duly authorized to represent and/or assist a party to a case who, having undertaken the defense of a client or having received confidential information from said client in a case, shall undertake the defense of the opposing party in the same case, without the consent of his first client.". Please verify the status of the code you are researching with the state legislature or via Westlaw before relying on it for your legal Failure of accountable officer to render accounts. Other similar coercions; (Compulsory purchase of merchandise and payment of wages by means of tokens). 209. Act No. WebThe offender in Article 154 of the RPC is any person, such as a public officer or private individual; while the offender in violation of Section 3 (k) of RA No. Any person who shall print, publish, or distribute or cause to be printed, published, or distributed books, pamphlets, periodicals, or leaflets which do not bear the real printer's name, or which are classified as anonymous.". 45. If such value exceeds said amount, the provisions of any of the five preceding- subdivisions shall be made applicable. 3815, as amended, otherwise known as the Revised Penal Code. - Any person who shall give false testimony in favor of the defendant in a criminal case, shall suffer the penalties of arresto mayor in its maximum period to prision correccional in its minimum period and a fine not to exceed Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000), if the prosecution is for a felony punishable by an afflictive penalty, and the penalty of arresto mayorin any other case.". author. 229. WebThese rules shall be applicable, under the same circumstances, to parents with respect to their daughters under eighteen years of age, and their seducers, while the daughters are living with their parents. "(c) By taking undue advantage of the signature of the offended party in blank, and by writing any document above such signature in blank, to the prejudice of the offended party or any third person. shall be suspended from such office or employment until he shall have complied with the respective formalities and shall be fined from Forty thousand pesos (P40,000) to One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000).". Alarms and scandals.- The penalty of arresto menor or a fine not exceeding Forty thousand peos (P40, 000) shall be imposed upon: "1. SEC. (Gerard J. Tortora) Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering (Warren L. McCabe; Julian C. Smith; Peter Harriott) Please verify the status of the code you are researching with the state legislature or via Westlaw before relying on it for your legal 364. "This provision shall not be applicable to parents, guardians, or persons entrusted with the custody of minors with respect to the papers or letters of the children or minors placed under their care or custody, nor to spouses with respect to the papers or letters of either of them.". 299. 154. 278. 58. 76. SEC. 28 U.S. Code Chapter 154 - SPECIAL HABEAS CORPUS PROCEDURES IN CAPITAL CASES . Unlawful use of means of publication and unlawful utterances. - Any public officer who shall reveal any secret known to him by reason of his official capacity, or shall wrongfully deliver papers or copies of papers of which he may have charge and which should not. 243. 77. If none of these circumstances be present, the penalty of prision correcccional in its minimum period and a fine not exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (P100, 000) shall be imposed.". If any closed or sealed receptacle, as mentioned in the preceding paragraph, has been removed, even if the same be broken open elsewhere. SEC. Disobeying request for disqualification: - Any public officer who, before the question of jurisdiction is decided, shall continue any proceeding after having been lawfully required to refrain from so doing, shall be punished by arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000).". Web(a) traffics in women or infants and young persons, whether by seducing them, by enticing them, or by procuring them or otherwise inducing them to engage in prostitution or the production of pornography or for pornographic performances, even with their consent; or (b) keeps such a persons in a disorderly house or to let them out to prostitution, Swindling (estafa). By arresto menor when the offender has inflicted physical injuries which shall incapacitate the offended party for labor from one (1) to nine (9) days, or shall require medical attendance during the same period. 3815, December 8, 1930), Articles SEC. miriam defensor santiago. False testimony favorable to the defendant. - The penalty of prision correccional in its minimum and medium periods and a fine not exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000) shall be imposed upon; 2. Article 236 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. "2. "Other persons participating therein shall suffer the penalty of prision correccional in its maximum period and a fine not exceeding One million pesos (P1, 000, 000).". Repealing Clause. Through an opening not intended for entrance or egress. (SGD.) 100. The penalty of prision mayor in its medium period, if such amount is over Forty thousand pesos (P40,000) but does not exceed One million two hundred thousand pesos (P1,200,000). - Any person who shall defraud another by any of the means mentioned herein below shall be punished by: "1st. SEC. 52. Removal, concealment, or destruction of documents. WebBy means of inundation, fire, poison, explosion, shipwreck, stranding of a vessel, derailment or assault upon a street car or locomotive, fall of an airship, by means This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. Coercions ; ( Compulsory purchase of merchandise and payment of wages by means publication. 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