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Republic of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines
Alsteo Manila
Seuenteentl Congress
First Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-fifth
day of July, two thousand sixteen.
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[Repusuic Acr No, 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 POR THE
PURPOSE ACT NO. 3815, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS
‘THE REVISED PENAL CODE”. AS AMENDED,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION I. Article 9 of Act No. 3815, otherwise known
ax “The Revised Penal Code’, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
ART. 9. Grave felonies, less grave felonies and
light felonies. ~ Grave felonies are those to which
the law attaches the capital punishment or penalties
which in any of their periods axe afflictive, in
accordance with Article 25 of this Code“Lese grave felonies are those which the law
punishes with penalties which in their maximum
period are correctional, in accordance with the
abovementioned article
Light felonies are those infractions of law for
the commission of which the penalty of avresto
menor or a fine not exceeding Forty thousand pesos
(P40,000) or both is provided.”
SEC. 2. Article 26 of the same Act is hereby amended
to read as follows:
"ART. 26, Fine. — When afflictive, correctional,
or light penalty. ~'A fine, whether imposed as a
single or as an alternative penalty, shall be
considered an afftctive penalty. if it exceeds One
unillion two hundred thousand pesos (P1200,
correctional penalty, if it does not execed One million
two hundved thousand pesos (P1,200,000) but is not
less than Forty thousand pesos (P40,000); and sight
penalty, if it be less than Forty thousand pesos
(P40,000)
SEC. 3. Article 114 of the same Act, as amended by
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SEC. 4. Avticle 116 of the same Act is hereby amended
to read as follows:
“ART, 115. Conspiracy and proposal to commit
treason; Penalty. ~ The conspiracy or proposal to
commit the crime of treason shall be punished
respectively. by prisién mayor and a fine not
exceeding Two million pesos (P3,000,000). and prisién
correccional and a fine not exceeding One million
peeos (1,000,000).
SEC. 5. Article 129 of the same Act is hereby amended
to read as follows:
‘ART. 129, Search warrants maliciously
obtained and abuse in the service of those legally
obtained. — In addition to the lability attaching to
the offender for the commission of any other offense,
the penalty of arresto mayor in its maximum period
to prision correccional in its minimum period and
a fine not exceeding Two hundred thousand pesos
{200,000) shall be imposed upon any public officer
or employee who shall procure a search warrant
without just cause, or, having legally procured the
same, shall exceed his authority or use unnecessary
severity in executing the same.
Republic Act No. 7659, is hereby further amended to read ae
follows: SEC. 6. Article 136 of the same Act, as amended by
Republic Act No. 6968, is hereby further amended to read as
"ART. 114. Treason. — Any Filipino citizen who follows:
levies war against the Philippines or adheres to her
enemies, giving them aid or comfort within the
Philippines or elsewhere, shall be punished by
reelusion perpetwa to death and shall pay a fine not
to exceed Four million pesos [P4,000,000),
“No person shall be convicted of treason unless
on the testimony of two 2) witnesses at least to the
same overt act or on confession of the accused in
open court.
Likewise, an alien, residing in the Philippines,
who commits acts of treazon as defined in paragraph
1 of this article shall be punished by reclusion
fomporal to death and shall pay a fine not to exceed
Four million pesos (P4,000,000)
“ART. 136. Conspiracy and proposal to commit
coup detat, rebellion ar inaurrection. ~ The
conspiracy and proposal to commit coup d'état shall
be punished by prisign mayor in its minimum period
and a fine which shall not exceed One million pesos
1,000,000)
‘The conspiracy and proposal to commit
vebellion or insurrection shall be punished
respectively. by pristén correccional in its maximum,
period and a fine which shall not exceed One million
pesos (P1,000,000) and by prisién correccional in its
medium period and 2 fine not exceeding Four
hundred thousand pesos (P100,000),to read as
SEC. 7. Article 140 of the same Act is hereby amended
to read as follows:
"ART. 140. Penalty for sedition, ~ The leader
of a sedition shall suffer the penalty of prisién. mayor
in its minimum period and a fine not exceeding Two
million pesos (P2,000,000)
“Other persons participating therein shall suffer
the penalty of prisién correccional in its maximum
period and a fine not exceeding One million pesos
(P1,000,000).”
SEC. 8, Article 141 of the same Act is hereby amended
to read as follows:
ART. 141. Conspiracy to commit sedition. —
Persons conspiring to commit the crime of sedition
shall be punished by prision correcetonai nies
medium period and a fine not exeseding Four
hundred chousand pesos (P400,000).
SEC. 9. Article 142 of the same Act is hereby amended
Hows:
“ART. 142, Inciting to sedition, ~ The penalty
of prisién 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, ov other representations tending
to the same end, or upon any person or persona who
shall utter seditious words ur speeches, write
publish, or cireulate 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, oF
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.”
SEC. 10. Article 143 of the same Act is hereby amended
to vead as follows:
‘ART. 143. Acts lending to prevent the meeting
of Congress and similar bodies. — The penalty of
prision correccional or a fine ranging from Forty
thousand pesos (P40,000) to Four hundred thousend
pesos (P400,000), or both, shall be imposed upon any.
person who, by force or fraud. prevents the meeting
of Congress or of any of its committees o
subcommittees, Constitutional Commissions or
committees or divisions thereof, or of any provincial
board or city or municipal council or board.”
SEC. 11. Article 144 of the same Act is hereby amended
to read as follows:
“ART, 144. Disturbance of proceedings. — The
penalty of arvesio mayor or a fine from Forty
thousand pesos (P40,000) to Two hundred thousand
pesos (P200,000) shall be imposed upon any person
‘who disturbs tho meetings of Congress or uf any of
ite committees or subcommittees, Constitutional
Commissions or committees or divisions thereof, o
of any provincial board or city or municipal council
or board, or in the presence of any etch bodies:
should behave in such manner as t0 interrupt its
proceedings or to impair the respect due it.”
SEC. 12. Article 147 of the same Act is hereby amended
to read as follows:
AKT. 14%, Illegal associations. - ‘The penalty
of prisién correccionad in its minimum and medium,
periods and a fine not exceeding Two hundred
‘thousand pesos (P200,000) shall be imposed upon the
founders, ‘directors. and presidents of associations
totally or partially organized for the purpose of
committing any of the crimes punishable under this
or for some purpose contrary to public morals.
Mere members of caid associations shall suffer the
penalty of arresto mayor.”SEC. 13, Article 148 of the same Act is hereby amended
to read as follows:
“ART. 148. Direct assaults. ~ Any person or
persons who, without public uprising, shall employ
force or intimidation for the attainment of any af the
purposes enumerated in defining the crimes of
rebellion and sedition, or shall attack, employ force
or seriously intimidate or resist any person in
authority or any of his agents, while engaged in the
performance of official duties, or on occasion of such
performance, shall suffer the penalty of prisién
correccional in its medium and maximum periods
and a fine not exceeding Two hundred thousand pesos
(P200,000), when the assault is commitied with a
weapon or when the offender is « public officer or
employee, or when the offender lays hands upon a
jerson in authority, If none of these cireumstances
Ee'present, the penalty of prision correcconal in ste
minimum period and a fine not exceeding One
Jnundred thousand pesos (P100,000) shall be imposed.”
SEC. 14. Article 149 of the came Act is hereby amended
to read as follows:
“ART. 149. Indirect assaults. ~ 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 any
person who shall make use of force or intimidation
upon any person coming to the sid of the authorities
or their agents on occasion of the commission of any
of the crimes defined in the next preceding article.”
SEO. 15. Article 150 of the same Act is hereby amended
to read an follows:
"ART. 150. Disobedience to summons issued by
Congress, its committees or subcommitices, by the
Constitutional Commissions, its committees,
subcommittees or divisions. - The penalty of arresto
‘mayor or a fine ranging trom Forty thousand pesos
{P40,000) to ‘Two hundved thousand pesos (P200,000),
or both such fine and imprisonment, shail be
imposed upon any person who. having been duly
summoned to attend as a witness before Congress,
its special or standing committees and subcommittees,
the Constitutional Commissions and its committees,
subcommittees, or divisions, or before any
commission or committee chairman or member
authorized to summon witnesses, refuses, without
legal excuse, to obey such summons. or being present
before any such legislative or constitutional body or
official, refuses to be sworn or placed under
affirmation or to answer any legal inquiry or to
produce any books, papere, documents, or records in
possession, when required by them to do so in
the ‘exercise of their functions. The same penalty
shall be imposed upon any person who shall restrain
another from attending as a witnese, or who shall
induce disobedience to summons or refusal to be
sworn by any such body or official.”
SEC. 16. Article 151 of the same Act is hereby amended
to read ae follows:
TART 1B; Resistance and dsabedince to 0
person in authority or the agents of such. person.
“"The penalty of arresto mayor and a fine not
exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000)
shall be imposed upon any person who not being
included in the provisions of the preceding articles
shall resist or seriously disobey any person in
authority, or the agents of such person, while
engaged in the performance of official duties
“When the disobedience to an agent of a person
in authority is not of a serious nature, the penalty
of arresto menor or a 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 the same Act is hereby amended
to tead as follows:
“ART. 158. Tumults and other disturbances
of public order; Tumulluous disturbance or
interruption liable to cause disturbance. ~The
penalty of arvesto mayor in its medium period to
rision correccionai in ite minimum period snd a
fine not exceeding Two hundred thousand pesos(P200,000) shall be imposed upon any person who
shall catuse any serious disturbance in a public place,
office, or establishment, or shall interrupt or disturb
public performances, functions or gatherings, or
peaceful meetings, if the act is not included inthe
provisions of Articles 131 and 132
“The penalty next higher in degree ehall be
imposed upon pereons causing any disturbance o
interruption of a tumultuous character
The disturbance or interruption shall be
deemed to be tumultuous if caused by more than
three (3) persons who are armed or provided with
means of violence
“The penalty of aresto mayor shall be imposed
upon any person who in any meeting, association.
or publis place, shall mal ‘any outety tending te
incite rebellion or sedition or in such place shall
display placards or emblems which provoke a
disturbance of the public order.
“The penalty of arresto menor and a fine not
to exceed Forty thousand pesos (P40,000) ehall be
imposed upon these persons who in violation of the
provisions contained in the last clause of Article 85,
shall burs with pomp the body of a person who has
been legally executed.”
SEC. 18, Article 154 of the same Act is hereby amended
to read as follows:
“ART. 164. Unlawful wse of means of
publication and unlawful utterances. ~ The penalty
nf arvesto mayor and a fine vanging from Forty
thousand pesos (P40,000) to Two hundred thousand
pesos (P200,000) shall be imposed upon:
“I. Any person who by means of printing,
lithography, or any other means of publication shali
publish or cause to be published as news any false
hews which may endanger the public order, or cause
damage to the interest or credit of the State:
Any person who by the same means, or by
words, utterances or speeches shall encourage
disobedience to the law or to the
authorities or
punished by law:
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aise, justify. or extol any act
'8. 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. 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 a¢ anonymous,
SEC. 19. Article 155 of the same Act is hereby amended
to read as follows:
"ART. 155. Alarms and scandals. — The penalty
of arresto menor or a fine not exceeding Forty
thousand pesos (P40,000) shall be imposed upon:
1. Any pergon who within any town or public
place, (shall ‘discharge any firearm, rocket
firecracker, or other explosives calculated to cause
alarm or danger:
2. Any person who shall instigate or take an
active part in any charivari or other disorderly
meeting offensive to another or prejudicial to publie
tranquility:
“3. Any person who, while wandering about at
night or while engaged in any other nocturnal
amusements, shall disturb the public peace; or
4. Any person who, while intonicated, or
otherwise. shall cause any disturbance or scandal in
public places: Provided, That the circumstances of
the case shall not make the provisions of Article 153
applicable.
SEC. 20. Article 163 of the same Act, a2 amended by
Republic Act No. 4202, is hereby further amended to read as
follows:
“ART. 163. Making ane! importing and uttering
false coins, ~ Any person who makes, imports, of10
utters false coins, in connivance with counterfeiters,
or importers, shall suffer
‘L. Prisién correceional in ite minimum and
medium periods and a fine not to exceed Four
hundred thousand pesos (P400,000). if the
counterfeited coins be any of the coinage of the
Philippines.
“2, Pristén correecional in its minimum period
and a fine not to exceed Two hundred thousand pesos
(P200,000). if the counterfeited coin be cursency of
8 foreign country.”
SBC. 21. Article 164 of the same Act is hereby amended
to read as follows:
to read as
‘ART. 164, Mutilation of coins: Importation,
and utierance of mutilated coins. ~ The penalty of
prisién correccional in its minimum period and a
fine not to exceed Four hundyed thousand pesos
{P400,000) shall be imposed upon any person, who
shall mutilate coins of the legal curveney of the
Philippines or import or utter mutilated current
coins, or in connivance with mutilators or importers.”
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Article 166 of the same Act is hereby amended,
lows:
“ART. 166. Forging treasuy or bank notes or
other documents payable to bearer: Importing, and
ttering ouch false or forged notes and documents
"The forging or falsification of treasury. or bank
notes of certificates or other obligations and
Scoutities payable to bearer and the importation and
‘toring in connivance with forgero on importers of
Such false or forged obligations or notes. shall be
punished as follows:
“1. By reclusion temporal in its minimum,
period and a fine not to exceed Two million pesos
(2,000,000), if the document which has been
falsified, counterfeited, or altered is an obligation or
security of the Philippines.
“The words ‘obligation or security of the
Philippines shall mean all bonds. certificates of
indebtedness. national bank notes, coupons,
Philippine notes, treasury notes, fractional notes,
certificates of deposit, bills, checks, oy drafts for
money. drawn by ox upon authorized officers of the
Philippines, and other representatives of value, of
whatever denomination, which have been or may be
issued under any act of Congress.
“2. By prisién mayor in ite maximum period
and a fine not to exceed One million pesos
(P1,000,000). if the falsified or altered document is
a cireulating note issued by any banking association
duly authorized by law to issue the same
“3, By prisién mayor in ite medium period and
a fine not to exceed One million pesos (P1,000,000),
if the falsified or counterfeited document was issued
by a foreign government.
4. By prisién mayor in its minimum period
and a fine not to exceed Four hundred thousand
pesos (P400,000), when the forged or altered
document is a circulating noie or bill issued by a
foreign bank duly authorized therefor.”
SEC. 23. Article 167 of the same Act is hereby amended
to read as follows:
‘ART. 167. Counterfeiting, importing and
uttering instruments not payable to bearer. ~ Any
person who shall forge, import or utter, in connivance
with the forgers or importers, any instrument
payable to order or other document of credit not
payable to bearer, shall euffer the penalties of prisién
corveccional in its medium and maximum periods
and a fine not exceeding One million two hundred
‘thousand pesos (PI.200,000).”
SEC. 24. Article 170 of the came Act is hereby amended
to read as follows:
‘ART. 170. Falsification of legislative
documents. ~The penalty of prisidn correccional in
its maximum period and a fine not exceeding One
million two hundred thousand pesos (P1,200,000)
shall be imposed upon any person who, without
proper authority therefor alters any’ bill. resolution,or ordinance enacted or approved or pending approval
by either House of Congress or eny provincial board
or municipal council,
SEC. 25. Article 171 of the same Act is hereby amended
to read as follows:
‘ART. 171. Falsification by public officer
employee or notary or ecclesiastic minister. — The
penalty of prisién mayor and a fine not to exceed
One million: pesos (P7,000,000) shell be imposed upon,
any public officer. employee, or notary who, taking
advantage of hie official position, shall falsify a
document by committing any of the following acts
“1. Counterfeiting or imitating any handwriting,
signature or rubric;
“2. Causing it to appear that persons have
participated in any act or prooseding when they did
not in fact so participate;
Attributing to persons who have participated
in an act or proceeding statements other than those
in fact made by them;
“4. Making untruthful statements in a
narration of facts:
“5, Altering true dates;
“6. Making any alteration or intercalation in a
genuine document which changes its meaning:
“7. Issuing in an authenticated form a
document purporting to be 8 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
8, Intercalating any instrument or note
relative to the issuance thereof in s protocol,
registry, or official book.
“The same penalty shall be imposed upon_any
ecclesiastical minister who shall commit any of the
offenses enumerated in the preceding paragraphs of
this article, with respect to any record or document
of such character that its falsification may affect the
civil status of persone,”
SBC. 26. Article 172 of the same Act is hereby amended
to read as follows:
“ART. 172, Falsification by private individual
and use of falsified documents, - The penalty of
prision corveccional in ite medium and maximum
periods and a fine of not more than One million
pesos (P1,000,000) shall he imposed upon’
1. Any private individual who shall commit
any of the falsifications enumerated in the next
preceding article in any public or official document
or letter of exchange or any other kind of
commercial document;
“2. Any person who, to the damage of a third
party, or with the intent to cause such damage, shall,
in any private document commit any of the acts of
falafication enumerated in the next preceding article
‘3. Any person who shall knowingly introduce
in evidence in any judicial proceeding or to the
damage of another of 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.”
SEC. 27. Article 174 of the same Act is hereby amended
to read as follows:
“ART, 174, False medical certificates, false
certificates of merits or service. ete. ~ The penalties
of arvesto mayor in its masimum period to prision
correccional in its minimum period and a fine not
to exceed Two hundred thousand pesos (P200.000)
shall be imposed upon:
1. Any physician ov surgeon who, in connection
with the practice of his profession, shall iseue a false
certificate: and