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Failure of accountable officer to render accounts, Revised Penal Code
1. Concept Article 218. Any public officer, whether in the service or separated therefrom by resignation or any other cause, who is required by law or regulation to render account to the Insular Auditor, or to a provincial auditor and who fails to do so for a period of two months after such accounts should…
verba legis non est recedendum
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Possession of picklocks or similar tools, A304 Revised Penal Code
Possession of picklocks or similar tools – is an offense involving the custody or having picklocks or similar tools, and without lawful justification. 1. Concept Possession of picklocks or similar tools – is an offense involving the custody or having picklocks or similar tools, and without lawful justification. A picklock — a tool used in…
Succession in general
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Chapter 1. General Provisions (Title I, Book III, Civil Code)
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