Book Two — Crimes and penalties

Title Four

Crimes against Public Interest

• Forgeries

  Art. 161Counterfeiting the great seal of the Government of the Philippine Islands, forging the signature or stamp of the Chief Executive
• Art. 162Using forged signature or counterfeit seal or stamp
• Art. 163Making and importing and uttering false coinsAmended
• Art. 164Mutilation of coins; Importation and utterance of mutilated coinsAmended
• Art. 165Selling of false or mutilated coin, without connivance
• Art. 166Forging treasury or bank notes or other documents payable to bearer; Importing, and uttering such false or forged notes and documentsAmended
• Art. 167Counterfeiting, importing and uttering instruments not payable to bearerAmended
• Art. 168Illegal possession and use of false treasury or bank notes and bank notes and other instruments of credit
• Art. 169How forgery is committed
• Art. 170Falsification of legislative documentsAmended
• Art. 171Falsification by public officer, employee or notary or ecclesiastic ministerAmended
• Art. 172Falsification by private individual and use of falsified documentsAmended
• Art. 173Falsification of wireless, cable, telegraph and telephone messages, and use of said falsified messages
• Art. 174False medical certificates, false certificates of merits or service, etcAmended
• Art. 175Using false certificates
• Art. 176Manufacturing and possession of instruments or implements for falsificationAmended

• Other Falsities

  Art. 177Usurpation of official functionsAmended
• Art. 178Using fictitious name and concealing true nameAmended
• Art. 179Illegal use of uniforms or insignia
• Art. 180False testimony against a defendantAmended
• Art. 181False testimony favorable to the defendantAmended
• Art. 182False testimony in civil casesAmended
• Art. 183False testimony in other cases and perjury in solemn affirmationAmended
• Art. 184Offering false testimony in evidenceAmended

• Frauds

  Art. 185Machinations in public auctions
• Art. 186Monopolies and combinations in restraint of tradeAmended
• Art. 187Importation and disposition of falsely marked articles or merchandise made of gold, silver, or other precious metals or their alloysAmended
• Art. 188Substituting and altering trade-marks and trade-namesAmended
• Art. 189Unfair competition, fraudulent registration of designation of origin, and false descriptionAmended

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.