Article 182Act No. 3815, Sec./Art. 182

False testimony in civil cases.-Any person found guilty of false testimony in a civil case shall suffer the penalty of prision correccional in its minimum period and a fine not to exceed 6,000 pesos, if the amount in controversy shall exceed 5,000 pesos, and the penalty 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 amount in controversy shall not exceed said amount or cannot be estimated.

REVISED PENAL CODE TEXT AND SPECIAL PENAL LAWS

g. Persons. include natural and juridical persons, unless

the context intends otherwise.

Section 2. Prohibition. It shall be unlawful for any person

to catch, take or gather or caused to be caught, taken or

gathered fish or fishery/aquatic products in Philippine

waters with the use of explosives, obnoxious or poisonous

substances or by the use of electricity: Provided, that the

Secretary of Natural Resources may, subject to such

safeguards and conditions he deems necessary, allow for

research, educational or scientific purposes only the use

of

explosives, obnoxious or poisonous substances or

electricity to catch, take or gather fish or fishery/aquatic

products in specified areas.

Section 3. Penalties. Violations of this Decree and the

rules and regulations mentioned in paragraph (f) of

Section 1 hereof shall be punished as follows:

a. by imprisonment from 10 to 12 years, if explosives are

used: Provided, that if the explosion results (1) in physical

injury to person, the penalty shall be imprisonment from

12 to 20 years, or (2) in the loss of human life, then the

penalty shall be imprisonment from 20 years to life, or

death;

0b. by imprisonment from 8 to 10 years, if obnoxious or

poisonous substances are used: Provided, that if the use

of such substances results (1) in physical injury to any

person, the penalty shall be imprisonment from 10 to 12

years, or (2) in the loss of human life, then the penalty

shall be imprisonment from 20 years of life, or death;

c. by imprisonment from 6 months to 4 years, or by a fine

of

from

P500

to

P5,000

for

violation

of rules and

regulations mentioned in paragraph (f) of Section 1

hereof.

If the violation is committed by a partnership, association

or corporation, the managing partner or director or

president who ordered or allowed the violation to be

committed shall be liable together with other persons

who actually committed the prohibited acts.

Section

4.

Dealing

in

illegally

caught

fish

or

fishery/aquatic

products.

Any

person who knowingly

possesses, deals in, sells, or in any manner disposes of, for

profit, any fish, fishery-aquatic products which have been

illegally caught, taken or gathered shall, upon conviction

by a competent court, be punished by imprisonment

from 2 to 6 years.

Section 5. Repealing Clause. Act No. 4003, as amended,

Republic Act No. 6451, laws, decrees, orders, rules and

regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent with

this Decree are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 6. Effectivity. This Decree shall take effect upon

promulgation.

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

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

PD No 581 | Highgrading

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 581 November 13, 1974

PRESCRIBING A HEAVIER MINIMUM PENALTY FOR

HIGHGRADING OR THEFT OF GOLD FROM A MINING

CLAIM OR MINING CAMP

WHEREAS, "highgrading" or the theft of gold has become

rampant in the mining areas where gold is produced

because of the high price that this precious metal now

commands in the free market;

WHEREAS, gold mining is one of the industries that the

Government encourages because of the role that gold

plays in our economy not only as an important part of our

international reserves, but also as one of our principal

sources of foreign exchange;

WHEREAS, the existing laws has proved inadequate in

curbing

highgrading

because

of

the

difficulty

in

apprehending highgraders and also because of the light

penalties usually imposed on the accused due to the

relatively low value which the Courts give to stolen

gold-bearing ores or rocks;

WHEREAS, "highgrading" causes damage not only to the

operator

of

the

mining

claims,

but

also

to

the

Government which losses the foreign exchange and the

taxes the stolen gold could have generated and, worse, it

promotes black-marketing and smuggling abroad of this

precious metal; and

WHEREAS, one of the principal aims of our New Society is

to stamp out all forms of lawlessness to promote the

social and economic well-being of our people;

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

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

the Constitution, do hereby order and decree that:

Section 1. Any person who shall take gold-bearing ores or

rocks from a mining claim or mining camp or shall

remove, collect or gather gold-bearing ores or rocks in

place or shall extract or remove the gold from such ores

or rocks, or shall prepare and treat such ores or rocks to

recover or extract the gold contents thereof, without the

consent of the operator of the mining claim, shall be

guilty of "highgrading" or theft of gold and shall suffer a

penalty of prision-correccional in its minimum period, but

if the accused is an employee or laborer of the operator of

the

mining

claim,

the

penalty

shall

be

prision-correccional in medium period without prejudice

to the imposition of the higher penalties provided in

Article 309 of the Revised Penal Code if the value of the

goods stolen so warrants. The penalty next lower in

degree

than

that

prescribed

hereinabove

shall

be

imposed if the offense is frustrated, and the penalty two

degrees lower if the offense is attempted.

Section 2. The unauthorized possession by any person

within a mining claim or mining camp of gold-bearing

ores or rocks or of gold extracted or removed from such

ores or rocks, shall be prima facie evidence that they have

been stolen from the operator of a mining claim.

Section 3. Any person who knowingly buys or acquires

stolen gold-bearing ore or rocks or the gold extracted or

removed

therefrom

shall

be

guilty

of

theft

as

an

accessory

and

penalized

with

arresto

mayor

in

its

maximum period.

Section 4. All laws or regulations inconsistent herewith

are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 5. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 13th day of November, in

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

PD No 1613 | Amending the Law on Arson

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 1613

AMENDING THE LAW ON ARSON

WHEREAS,

findings

of

the

police

and

intelligence

agencies of the government reveal that fires and other

crimes involving destruction in Metro Manila and other

urban centers in the country are being perpetrated by

criminal

syndicates,

some

of

which

have

foreign

connections;

WHEREAS, the current law on arson suffers from certain

inadequacies that impede the successful enforcement

and prosecution of arsonists;

WHEREAS, it is imperative that the high incidence of fires

and other crimes involving destruction be prevented to

protect the national economy and preserve the social,

economic and political stability of the country;

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

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

the Constitution, do hereby order and decree as part of

the law of the land, the following:

Section 1. Arson. Any person who burns or sets fire to the

property of another shall be punished by Prision Mayor.

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