Article 180Act No. 3815, Sec./Art. 180

False testimony against a defendant.-Any person who shall give false testimony against the defendant in any criminal case shall suffer:

1. The penalty of reclusion temporal, if the defendant in said case shall have been sentenced to death;

2. The penalty of prision mayor, if the defendant shall have been sentenced to reclusion temporal or perpetua;

3. The penalty of prision correccional, if the defendant shall have been sentenced to any other afflictive penalty; and

4. The penalty of arresto mayor, if the defendant shall have been sentenced to a correctional penalty or a fine, or shall have been acquitted.

In cases provided in subdivisions 3 and 4 of this article the offender shall further suffer a fine not to exceed 1,000 pesos.

REVISED PENAL CODE TEXT AND SPECIAL PENAL LAWS

PD No 133 | Theft of Product of Labor

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 133 February 20, 1973

PRESCRIBING A HEAVY PENALTY FOR THE THEFT OF

ANY MATERIAL, SPARE PART, PRODUCT OR ARTICLE

BY EMPLOYEES AND LABORERS

In line with the government's program of eradicating

graft

and

corruption

in

society,

and

promote

the

economic and social welfare of the people, I, FERDINAND

E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the

powers

vested

in

me

by

the

Constitution

as

Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the

Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated

September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1, dated

September 22, 1972, as amended, do hereby order and

decree that any employee or laborer who shall steal any

material, spare part, product or article that he is working

on,

using

or

producing

shall,

upon

conviction,

be

punished

with

imprisonment

ranging

from

prision

correccional to prision mayor.

All laws inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or

modified accordingly, unless the same provide a heavier

penalty.

This Decree is hereby made a part of the law of the land

and shall take effect immediately after the publication

thereof in a newspaper of general circulation.

Done in the City of Manila, this 20th day of February, in

the

year

of

Our

Lord,

nineteen

hundred

and

seventy-three.

PD No 330 | Timber Smuggling or Illegal Cutting

of Logs

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 330

PENALIZING TIMBER SMUGGLING OR ILLEGAL CUTTING

OF

LOGS

FROM

PUBLIC

FORESTS

AND

FOREST

RESERVES AS QUALIFIED THEFT

WHEREAS,

public

forests

and

forest

reserves

are

important natural resources of the country which must

be preserved and conserved for future generations;

WHEREAS, public forest and forest reserves are the vital

source of logs and other wood products so essential to

the national economy as principal dollar earner of the

country;

WHEREAS, it is the solemn duty of every citizen to protect

public forest and forest reserves from indiscriminate

logging, senseless denudation and wanton destruction to

the detriment of the present and future generations;

WHEREAS, there is need to discourage further forest

destruction and denudation in order to conserve the

remaining

public

forest

and

forest

reserves

for the

patrimony of the country;

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

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

the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed

Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation

No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972, and General Order No.

1 dated September 22, 1972, do hereby order and decree:

Section 1. Any person, whether natural or juridical, who

directly or indirectly cuts, gathers, removes, or smuggles

timber, or other forest products, either from any of the

public forest, forest reserves and other kinds of public

forests, whether under license or lease, or from any

privately owned forest lands in violation of existing laws,

rules and regulation shall be guilty of the crime of

qualified theft as defined and penalized under Articles

308, 309 and 310 of the Revised Penal Code; Provided,

That if the offender is a corporation, firm, partnership or

association, the penalty shall be imposed upon the guilty

officer or officers, as the case may be, of the corporation,

firm, partnership or association, and if such guilty officer

or officers are aliens, in addition to the penalty herein

prescribed, he or they shall be deported without further

proceedings

on

the

part

of

the

Commissioned

of

Immigration and Deportation. cd i

Section 2. All laws, rules and regulations inconsistent

herewith are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 3. This decree shall take effect immediately after

publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of

general circulation in the country.

Done in the City of Manila, this 8th day of November, in

the

year

of

Our

Lord,

nineteen

hundred

and

seventy-three.

PD No 533 | Anti-Cattle Rustling Law of 1974

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 533 August 8, 1974

THE ANTI-CATTLE RUSTLING LAW OF 1974

WHEREAS, large cattle are indispensable to the livelihood

and economic growth of our people, particularly the

agricultural workers, because such large cattle are the

work animals of our farmers and the source of fresh meat

and dairy products for our people, and provide raw

material for our tanning and canning industries;

WHEREAS, reports from the law-enforcement agencies

reveal that there is a resurgence of thievery of large cattle,

commonly known as "cattle rustling", especially in the

rural areas, thereby directly prejudicing the livelihood of

the agricultural workers and adversely affecting our food

production program for self-sufficiency in rice, corn and

other staple crops, as well as in fresh meat;

WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to protect large cattle

raising industry and small time large cattle owners and

raisers from the nefarious activities of lawless elements in

order to encourage our hardworking cattle raisers and

farmers to raise more cattle and concentrate in their

agricultural works, thus increasing our source of meat

and dairy products as well as agricultural production and

allied industries which depend on the cattle raising

industry;

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

of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers

vested

in

me

by

the Constitution and pursuant to

Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972 and No.

1104, dated January 17, 1973 and General Order No. 1 dated

September 22, 1972, do hereby order and decree as part of

the law of the land, the following:

Section 1. Title. This Decree shall be known as the

"Anti-Cattle Rustling Law of 1974."

Section 2. Definition of terms. The following terms shall

mean and be understood to be as herein defined:

a. Large cattle as herein used shall include the cow,

carabao, horse, mule, ass, or other domesticated member

of the bovine family.

b. Owner/raiser shall include the herdsman, caretaker,

employee or tenant of any firm or entity engaged in the

raising

of

large

cattle

or

other

persons

in

lawful

possession of such large cattle.

c. Cattle rustling is the taking away by any means,

method

or

scheme,

without

the

consent

of

the

owner/raiser, of any of the above-mentioned animals

whether or not for profit or gain, or whether committed

with or without violence against or intimidation of any

person or force upon things. It includes the killing of large

cattle, or taking its meat or hide without the consent of

the owner/raiser.

Section

3.

Duty

of

owner/raiser

to

register.

The

owner/raiser shall, before the large cattle belonging to

him shall attain the age of six months, register the same

with the office of the city/municipal treasurer where such

large cattle are raised. The city/municipality concerned

may impose and collect the fees authorized by existing

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