Article 181Act No. 3815, Sec./Art. 181

False testimony favorable to the defendant.-Any person who shall give false testimony in favor of the defendant in a criminal case, shall suffer the penalties of arresto mayor in its maximum period to prision correccional in its minimum period and a fine not to exceed 1,000 pesos, if the prosecution is for a felony punishable by an afflictive penalty, and the penalty of arresto mayor in any other case.

REVISED PENAL CODE TEXT AND SPECIAL PENAL LAWS

laws for such registration and the issuance of a certificate

of ownership to the owner/raiser.

Section 4. Duty of city/municipal treasurers and other

concerned

public officers and employees. All public

officials and employees concerned with the registration

of large cattle are required to observe strict adherence

with pertinent provisions of Chapter 22, Section 511 to 534,

of the Revised Administrative Code, except insofar as they

may be inconsistent with the provisions of this Decree.

Section 5. Permit to buy and sell large cattle. No person,

partnership,

association,

corporation

or

entity

shall

engage in the business of buy and sell of large cattle

without first securing a permit for the said purpose from

the Provincial Commander of the province where it shall

conduct such business and the city/municipal treasurer of

the

place

of

residence of such person, partnership,

association, corporation or entity. The permit shall only be

valid in such province.

Section 6. Clearance for shipment of large cattle. Any

person, partnership, association, corporation or entity

desiring to ship or transport large cattle, its hides, or

meat, from one province to another shall secure a permit

for such purpose from the Provincial Commander of the

province where the large cattle is registered. Before

issuance of the permit herein prescribed, the Provincial

Commander

shall

require

the

submission

of

the

certificate of ownership as prescribed in Section 3 hereof,

a certification from the Provincial Veterinarian to the

effect that such large cattle, hides or meat are free from

any disease; and such other documents or records as may

be necessary. Shipment of large cattle, its hides or meat

from one city/municipality to another within the same

province may be done upon securing permit from the

city/municipal treasurer of the place of origin.

Section 7. Presumption of cattle rustling. Every person

having in his possession, control or custody of large cattle

shall, upon demand by competent authorities, exhibit the

documents prescribed in the preceding sections. Failure

to exhibit the required documents shall be prima facie

evidence that the large cattle in his possession, control or

custody are the fruits of the crime of cattle rustling.

Section 8. Penal provisions. Any person convicted of

cattle rustling as herein defined shall, irrespective of the

value of the large cattle involved, be punished by prision

mayor in its maximum period to reclusion temporal in its

medium period if the offense is committed without

violence against or intimidation of persons or force upon

things. If the offense is committed with violence against

or intimidation of persons or force upon things, the

penalty of reclusion temporal in its maximum period to

reclusion perpetua shall be imposed. If a person is

seriously injured or killed as a result or on the occasion of

the commission of cattle rustling, the penalty of reclusion

perpetua to death shall be imposed.

When the offender is a government official or employee,

he

shall,

in

addition

to

the

foregoing

penalty,

be

disqualified from voting or being voted upon in any

election/referendum and from holding any public office

or employment.

When the offender is an alien, he shall be deported

immediately upon the completion of the service of his

sentence without further proceedings.

Section 9. Rules and Regulations to be promulgated by

the Chief of Constabulary. The chief of Constabulary shall

promulgate the rules and regulations for the effective

implementation of this Decree.

Section 10. Repealing clause. The provisions of Articles

309 and 310 of Act No. 3815, otherwise known as the

Revised Penal Code, as amended, all laws, decrees, orders,

instructions, rules and regulations which are inconsistent

with

this

Decree

are

hereby

repealed

or

modified

accordingly.

Section 11. Effectivity. This Decree shall take effect upon

approval.

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

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

PD No 534 | Illegal Fishing

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 534 August 8, 1974

DEFINING ILLEGAL FISHING AND PRESCRIBING

STIFFER PENALTIES THEREFOR

WHEREAS,

the

productive

potentialities

of

the

vast

fishing

grounds

and

other

fishery

resources in the

country upon which the people depend as major and

cheap source of food are being greatly reduced through

the employment of various methods of illegal fishing;

WHEREAS, loss of human lives oftentimes occur and

varied diseases and ailments are suffered by those who

partake of fish and fishery products which have been

illegally caught or gathered;

WHEREAS, in the interest and welfare of the people who

depend mostly upon fish and sea or marine products for

their daily-food, positive steps must be adopted by the

government through interrelated programs and projects

including subsidiary laws and measures towards the

implementation thereof.

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

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

the Constitution, do hereby decree and order to be part of

the law of the land, the following:

Section 1. Definition of Terms. For purposes of this

Decree, the following terms are defined:

a. Philippine Waters. include all bodies of water within

Philippine Territory, such as rivers, streams, creeks, brooks,

ponds, swamps, lagoons, gulfs, bays and seas and other

bodies of water now existing, or which may hereafter exist

in the provinces, cities, municipalities, municipal districts,

and barrios; and the sea or fresh water around, between

and connecting each of the islands of the Philippine

Archipelago, irrespective of its depth, breadth, length and

dimension,

and

all

other

waters

belonging

to

the

Philippines

by

historic

or

legal

title,

including

the

territorial sea, the seabed, the insular shelves and other

submarine

areas

over

which

the

Philippines

has

sovereignty or jurisdiction.

b. Fish and Fishery/Aquatic Products. fish includes all

fishes and other aquatic animals such as crustaceans

(crabs, prawns, shrimps and lobsters), mollusks (clams,

mussels,

scallops, oysters, snails and other shellfish).

Fishery/aquatic products include all products of aquatic

resources in any form.

c. Fishing with the use of Explosives. means the use of

dynamite, other explosives, or chemical compound that

contain combustible elements or ingredients that, upon

ignition by friction, concussion, percussion, or detonation

of all or parts of the compound, kill, stupefy, disable or

render unconscious any fish or fishery/aquatic product. It

shall also refer to the use of any other substance and/or

device that causes explosion capable of producing the

said harmful effects on fish or fishery/aquatic products.

d. Fishing with the use of Obnoxious or Poisonous

Substance. means the use of any substance or chemical,

whether in raw or processed form, harmful or harmless,

which kill, stupefy, disable, or render unconscious fish or

fishery/aquatic products.

e. Electro-fishing. means the use of electricity generated

by dry cell batteries, electric generators or other source of

electric

power

to

kill,

stupefy,

disable

or

render

unconscious

fish or fishery/aquatic products. It shall

include the use of rays or beams of whatever nature, form

or source of power.

f. Violation of Rules and Regulations. means violations of

Fisheries Administrative Orders, rules and regulations

promulgated by the Secretary of National Resources.

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