Article 158Act No. 3815, Sec./Art. 158

Evasion of service of sentence on the occasion of disorders, conflagrations, earthquakes, or other calamities.-A convict who shall evade the service of his sentence, by leaving the penal institution where he shall have been confined, on the occasion of disorder resulting from a conflagration, earthquake, explosion, or similar catastrophe, or during a mutiny in which he has not participated, shall suffer an increase of one-fifth of the time still remaining to be served under the original sentence, which in no case shall exceed six months, if he shall fail to give himself up to the authorities within forty-eight hours following the issuance of a proclamation by the Chief Executive announcing the passing away of such calamity.

Convicts who, under the circumstances mentioned in the preceding paragraph, shall give themselves up to the authorities within the above mentioned period of 48 hours, shall be entitled to the deduction provided in article 98.

REVISED PENAL CODE TEXT AND SPECIAL PENAL LAWS

station manager, editor and broadcaster in the case of a

broadcast media.

If the offender is a public officer or employee, or a

professional, he/she shall be administratively liable.

If the offender is an alien, he/she shall be subject to

deportation proceedings after serving his/her sentence

and payment of fines.

Section 6. Exemption. - Nothing contained in this Act,

however, shall render it unlawful or punishable for any

peace officer, who is authorized by a written order of the

court, to use the record or any copy thereof as evidence in

any civil, criminal investigation or trial of the crime of

photo or video voyeurism: Provided, That such written

order shall only be issued or granted upon written

application

and

the

examination

under

oath

or

affirmation of the applicant and the witnesses he/she

may

produce,

and

upon

showing

that

there

are

reasonable

grounds

to

believe

that

photo

or video

voyeurism

has

been

committed

or

is

about

to

be

committed, and that the evidence to be obtained is

essential to the conviction of any person for, or to the

solution or prevention of such, crime.

Section 7. Inadmissibility of Evidence. - Any record, photo

or video, or copy thereof, obtained or secured by any

person in violation of the preceding sections shall not be

admissible

in evidence in any judicial, quasi-judicial,

legislative or administrative hearing or investigation.

Section 8. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part

hereof is held invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining

provisions not affected thereby shall remain valid and

subsisting.

Section 9. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential

decree or issuance, executive order, letter of instruction ,

administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to or

inconsistent with the provisions of this Act is hereby

repealed, modified or amended accordingly.

Section 10. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect

fifteen (15) days after its complete publication in the

Official

Gazette

or

in two(2) newspapers of general

circulation.

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RA No. 3019 | Anti-Graft And Corrupt Practices

Act

Section 1. Statement of policy. It is the policy of the

Philippine Government, in line with the principle that a

public office is a public trust, to repress certain acts of

public officers and private persons alike which constitute

graft or corrupt practices or which may lead thereto.

Section 2. Definition of terms. As used in this Act, that

term

(a) "Government" includes the national government, the

local

governments,

the

government-owned

and

government-controlled

corporations,

and

all

other

instrumentalities or agencies of the Republic of the

Philippines and their branches.

(b)

"Public

officer"

includes

elective

and

appointive

officials

and

employees,

permanent

or

temporary,

whether in the classified or unclassified or exempt service

receiving

compensation,

even

nominal,

from

the

government as defined in the preceding subparagraph.

(c) "Receiving any gift" includes the act of accepting

directly or indirectly a gift from a person other than a

member of the public officer's immediate family, in

behalf of himself or of any member of his family or

relative

within

the

fourth

civil

degree,

either

by

consanguinity or affinity, even on the occasion of a family

celebration or national festivity like Christmas, if the value

of

the

gift

is

under

the

circumstances

manifestly

excessive.

(d) "Person" includes natural and juridical persons, unless

the context indicates otherwise.

Section 3. Corrupt practices of public officers. In addition

to acts or omissions of public officers already penalized by

existing

law,

the

following

shall

constitute

corrupt

practices of any public officer and are hereby declared to

be unlawful:

(a) Persuading, inducing or influencing another public

officer to perform an act constituting a violation of rules

and

regulations

duly

promulgated

by

competent

authority or an offense in connection with the official

duties of the latter, or allowing himself to be persuaded,

induced,

or

influenced

to commit such violation or

offense.

(b) Directly or indirectly requesting or receiving any gift,

present, share, percentage, or benefit, for himself or for

any other person, in connection with any contract or

transaction between the Government and any other part,

wherein the public officer in his official capacity has to

intervene under the law.

(c) Directly or indirectly requesting or receiving any gift,

present or other pecuniary or material benefit, for himself

or for another, from any person for whom the public

officer,

in

any

manner

or

capacity,

has secured or

obtained, or will secure or obtain, any Government permit

or license, in consideration for the help given or to be

given, without prejudice to Section thirteen of this Act.

(d) Accepting or having any member of his family accept

employment in a private enterprise which has pending

official business with him during the pendency thereof or

within one year after its termination.

(e) Causing any undue injury to any party, including the

Government, or giving any private party any unwarranted

benefits, advantage or preference in the discharge of his

official

administrative

or

judicial

functions

through

manifest partiality, evident bad faith or gross inexcusable

negligence. This provision shall apply to officers and

employees

of

offices

or

government

corporations

charged with the grant of licenses or permits or other

concessions.

(f) Neglecting or refusing, after due demand or request,

without sufficient justification, to act within a reasonable

time on any matter pending before him for the purpose

of

obtaining,

directly or indirectly, from any person

interested in the matter some pecuniary or material

benefit or advantage, or for the purpose of favoring his

own interest or giving undue advantage in favor of or

discriminating against any other interested party.

(g) Entering, on behalf of the Government, into any

contract

or

transaction

manifestly

and

grossly

disadvantageous to the same, whether or not the public

officer profited or will profit thereby.

(h) Director or indirectly having financing or pecuniary

interest

in

any

business,

contract

or

transaction

in

connection with which he intervenes or takes part in his

official capacity, or in which he is prohibited by the

Constitution or by any law from having any interest.

(i) Directly or indirectly becoming interested, for personal

gain, or having a material interest in any transaction or

act requiring the approval of a board, panel or group of

which he is a member, and which exercises discretion in

such approval, even if he votes against the same or does

not participate in the action of the board, committee,

panel or group.

Interest for personal gain shall be presumed against

those public officers responsible for the approval of

manifestly unlawful, inequitable, or irregular transaction

or acts by the board, panel or group to which they belong.

(j) Knowingly approving or granting any license, permit,

privilege or benefit in favor of any person not qualified for

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