Revised Penal Code · Forgeries

Article 165

Selling of false or mutilated coin, without connivance

Unamended since 1930

Current text, as of October 15, 2026

Any person who knowingly, although without the connivance mentioned in the preceding articles, shall possess false or mutilated coin with intent to utter the same, or shall actually utter such coin, shall suffer a penalty lower by one degree than that prescribed in said articles.

SECTION THREE.-Forging treasury or bank notes, obligations and securities; importing and uttering false or forged notes, obligations and securities

Consolidated by Alleba from the 1930 text of Act No. 3815 (Lawphil) and the amending Republic Acts in our library. Amendments made by Presidential Decrees, Batas Pambansa or executive orders are not yet included. For information and research only, and not legal advice. This text may not reflect later amendments. For certified copies, refer to the Official Gazette or the issuing agency.