Article 23Act No. 3815, Sec./Art. 23

Effect of pardon by the offended party.-A pardon by the offended party does not extinguish criminal action except as provided in article 344 of this Code; but civil liability with regard to the interest of the injured party is extinguished by his express waiver.

REVISED PENAL CODE TEXT AND SPECIAL PENAL LAWS

Title Four CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC INTEREST

Chapter One FORGERIES

Section One. - Forging the seal of the Government of the

Philippine Islands, the signature or stamp of the Chief

Executive.

Article

161.

Counterfeiting

the

great

seal

of

the

Government

of

the

Philippine

Islands,

forging

the

signature or stamp of the Chief Executive. - The penalty

of reclusion temporal shall be imposed upon any person

who shall forge the Great Seal of the Government of the

Philippine Islands or the signature or stamp of the Chief

Executive.

Article 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

Article 163. Making and importing and uttering false

coins. - Any person who makes, imports, or utters false

coins, in connivance with counterfeiters, or importers,

shall suffer:

1. Prisión correccional i n its minimum and medium

periods and a fine not to exceed Four hundred thousand

pesos (P400,000), if the counterfeited coins be any of the

coinage of the Philippines.

2. Prisión correccional in its minimum period and a fine

not to exceed Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000), if

the counterfeited coin be currency of a foreign country.

(As amended by R.A. No. 4202, approved June 19, 1965,

Republic Act No. 10951, [August 29, 2017]).

Article

164.

Mutilation

of

coins;

Importation

and

utterance of mutilated coins. - The penalty of prisión

correccional in its minimum period and a fine not to

exceed Four hundred thousand pesos (P400,000) shall be

imposed upon any person who shall mutilate coins of the

legal currency of the Philippines or import or utter

mutilated current coins, or in connivance with mutilators

or importers. (as amended by Republic Act No. 10951,

[August 29, 2017])

Article 165. Selling of false or mutilated coin, without

connivance.

-

The

person

who

knowingly, although

without the connivance mentioned in the preceding

articles, shall possess false or mutilated coin with intent to

utter the same, or shall actually utter such coin, shall

suffer a penalty lower by one degree than that prescribed

in said articles.

Section Three. - Forging treasury or bank notes, obligations

and securities; importing and uttering false or forged notes,

obligations and securities.

Article 166. Forging treasury or bank notes on other

documents payable to bearer; importing, and uttering

such false or forged notes and documents. - The forging

or falsification of treasury or bank notes or certificates or

other obligations and securities payable to bearer and the

importation and uttering in connivance with forgers or

importers of such false or forged obligations or notes,

shall be punished as follows:

1. By reclusion temporal in its minimum period and a fine

not to exceed Two million pesos (P2,000,000), if the

document which has been falsified, counterfeited, or

altered is an obligation or security of the Philippines.

The words 'obligation or security of the Philippines' shall

mean all bonds, certificates of indebtedness, national

bank notes, coupons, Philippine notes, treasury notes,

fractional notes, certificates of deposit, bills, checks, or

drafts for money, drawn by or upon authorized officers of

the Philippines, and other representatives of value, of

whatever denomination, which have been or may be

issued under any act of Congress.

2. By prisión mayo r in its maximum period and a fine not

to exceed One million pesos (P1,000,000), if the falsified or

altered document is a circulating note issued by any

banking association duly authorized by law to issue the

same.

3. By prisión mayor in its medium period and a fine not to

exceed One million pesos (P1,000,000), if the falsified or

counterfeited

document

was

issued

by

a

foreign

government.

4. By prisión mayor in its minimum period and a fine not

to exceed Four hundred thousand pesos (P400,000),

when the forged or altered document is a circulating

note or bill issued by a foreign bank duly authorized

therefor.

(as amended by Republic Act No. 10951, [August 29, 2017])

Article

167.

Counterfeiting,

importing

and

uttering

instruments not payable to bearer. - Any person who

shall forge, import or utter, in connivance with the forgers

or importers, any instrument payable to order or other

document of credit not payable to bearer, shall suffer the

penalties

of

prision correccional in its medium and

maximum periods and a fine not exceeding One million

two hundred thousand pesos (P1,200,00).

Article 168. Illegal possession and use of false treasury or

bank notes and other instruments of credit. - Unless the

act be one of those coming under the provisions of any of

the preceding articles, any person who shall knowingly

use or have in his possession, with intent to use any of the

false or falsified instruments referred to in this section,

shall suffer the penalty next lower in degree than that

prescribed in said articles.

Article 169. How forgery is committed. - The forgery

referred to in this section may be committed by any of

the following means:

1. By giving to a treasury or bank note or any instrument,

payable

to

bearer

or

order

mentioned

therein,

the

appearance of a true genuine document.

2. By erasing, substituting, counterfeiting or altering by

any means the figures, letters, words or signs contained

therein.

Section Four. - Falsification of legislative, public,

commercial, and private documents, and wireless,

telegraph, and telephone message.

Article 170. Falsification of legislative documents. - The

penalty of prision correccional in its maximum period and

a fine not exceeding One million two hundred thousand

pesos (P1,200,000) shall be imposed upon any person

who, without proper authority therefor alters any bill,

resolution, or ordinance enacted or approved or pending

approval by either House of Congress or any provincial

board or municipal council.

Article 171. Falsification by public officer, employee or

notary or ecclesiastical minister. - The penalty of prision

mayor and a fine not to exceed One million pesos

(P1,000,000) shall be imposed upon any public officer,

employee, or notary who, taking advantage of his official

position, shall falsify a document by committing any of

the following acts:

1. Counterfeiting or imitating any handwriting, signature

or rubric;

2. Causing it to appear that persons have participated in

any act or proceeding when they did not in fact so

participate;

3. Attributing to persons who have participated in an act

or proceeding statements other than those in fact made

by them;

4. Making untruthful statements in a narration of facts;

5. Altering true dates;

© Compiled By RGL

23 of 201