Article 162Act No. 3815, Sec./Art. 162

Using forged signature or counterfeit seal or stamp.-The penalty of prision mayor shall be imposed upon any person who shall knowingly make use of the counterfeit seal or forged signature or stamp mentioned in the preceding article.

SECTION TWO.-Counterfeiting coins

REVISED PENAL CODE TEXT AND SPECIAL PENAL LAWS

of any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he

is compelled, after having claimed his privilege against

self-incrimination,

to

testify

or

produce

evidence,

documentary or otherwise, except that such individual so

testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and

conviction for perjury or false testimony committed in so

testifying or from administrative proceedings.

Section 9. Immunity. The Solicitor General may grant

immunity from criminal prosecution to any person who

testifies to the unlawful manner in which the respondent

has acquired any of the property in question in cases

where such testimony is necessary to prove violations of

this Act.

Section 10. Effect of record of title. The fact that any real

property has been recorded in the Registry of Property or

office of the Register of Deeds in the name of the

respondent or of any person mentioned in paragraphs (1)

and (2) of subsection (b) of section one hereof shall not

prevent the rendering of the judgment referred to in

section six of this Act.

Section 11. Laws on prescription. The laws concerning

acquisitive prescription and limitation of actions cannot

be invoked by, nor shall they benefit the respondent, in

respect of any property unlawfully acquired by him.

Section 12. Penalties. Any public officer or employee who

shall, after the effective date of this Act, transfer or convey

any unlawfully acquired property shall be repressed with

imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, or a

fine not exceeding ten thousand pesos, or both such

imprisonment and fine. The same repression shall be

imposed upon any person who shall knowingly accept

such transfer or conveyance.

Section 13. Separability of provisions. If any provision of

this Act or the application thereof to any person or

circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the Act

and the application of such provision to other persons or

circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

Section 14. Effective date. This Act shall take effect on its

approval, and shall apply not only to property thereafter

unlawfully

acquired

but

also

to

property

unlawfully

acquired before the effective date of this Act.

Approved: June 18, 1955

PD No 749 | Immunity to Givers of Bribes

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 749 July 18, 1975

GRANTING IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION TO GIVERS

OF BRIBES AND OTHER GIFTS AND TO THEIR

ACCOMPLICES IN BRIBERY AND OTHER GRAFT CASES

AGAINST PUBLIC OFFICERS

WHEREAS, public office is a public trust: public officers

are but servants of the people, whom they must serve

with utmost fidelity and integrity;

WHEREAS, it has heretofore been virtually impossible to

secure the conviction and removal of dishonest public

servants owing to the lack of witnesses: the bribe or

gift-givers being always reluctant to testify against the

corrupt public officials and employees concerned for fear

of being indicted and convicted themselves of bribery

and corruption;

WHEREAS, it is better by far and more socially desirable,

as well as just, that the bribe or gift giver be granted

immunity from prosecution so that he may freely testify

as to the official corruption, than that the official who

receives the bribe or gift should be allowed to go free,

insolently remaining in public office, and continuing with

his

nefarious

and

corrupt

practices,

to

the

great

detriment of the public service and the public interest.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President

of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by

the Constitution, do hereby decree and order that:

Section 1. Any person who voluntarily gives information

about any violation of Articles 210, 211, and 212 of the

Revised

Penal

Code;

Republic

Act Numbered Three

Thousand Nineteen, as amended; Section 345 of the

Internal Revenue Code and Section 3604 of the Tariff and

Customs Code and other provisions of the said Codes

penalizing abuse or dishonesty on the part of the public

officials concerned; and other laws, rules and regulations

punishing acts of graft, corruption and other forms of

official abuse; and who willingly testifies against any

public official or employee for such violation shall be

exempt from prosecution or punishment for the offense

with reference to which his information and testimony

were given, and may plead or prove the giving of such

information and testimony in bar of such prosecution:

Provided; that this immunity may be enjoyed even in

cases where the information and testimony are given

against a person who is not a public official but who is a

principal, or accomplice, or accessory in the commission

of

any

of

the

above-mentioned violations: Provided,

further, that this immunity may be enjoyed by such

informant or witness notwithstanding that he offered or

gave

the

bribe

or gift to the public official or his

accomplice for such gift or bribe-giving; and Provided,

finally, that the following conditions concur:

1. The information must refer to consummated violations

of any of the above-mentioned provisions of law, rules

and regulations;

2. The information and testimony are necessary for the

conviction of the accused public officer;

3. Such information and testimony are not yet in the

possession of the State;

4. Such information and testimony can be corroborated

on its material points; and

5. The informant or witness has not been previously

convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude.

Section 2. The immunity granted hereunder shall not

attach

should

it

turn

out

subsequently

that

the

information and/or testimony is false and malicious or

made only for the purpose of harassing, molesting or in

any way prejudicing the public officer denounced. In

such a case, the public officer so denounced shall be

entitled to any action, civil or criminal, against said

informant or witness.

Section 3. All preliminary investigations conducted by a

prosecuting

fiscal,

judge

or

committee,

and

all

proceedings undertaken in connection therewith, shall

be strictly confidential or private in order to protect the

reputation of the official under investigation in the event

that the report proves to be unfounded or no prima facie

case is established.

Section 4. All acts, decrees and rules and regulations

inconsistent with the provisions of this decree are hereby

repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 5. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 18th day of July, in the

year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.

PD No 46 | Prohibition of Public Officials from

Receiving Gifts

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 46 November 10, 1972

MAKING IT PUNISHABLE FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND

EMPLOYEES TO RECEIVE, AND FOR PRIVATE PERSONS

TO GIVE, GIFTS ON ANY OCCASION, INCLUDING

CHRISTMAS

WHEREAS, under existing laws and the civil service rules,

it is prohibited to receive, directly or indirectly, any gift,

present or any other form of benefit in the course of

official duties;

WHEREAS, it is believed necessary to put more teeth to

existing laws and regulations to wipe out all conceivable

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