Counterfeiting the great seal of the Government of the Philippine Islands, forging the signature or stamp of the Chief Executive, Revised Penal Code

importing and uttering instruments not payable to bearer, Revised Penal Code

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1. Concept 2

2. Mode of commission. 2

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1. Concept

Art. 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 prisión correccional in its medium and maximum periods and a fine not exceeding one million two hundred thousand pesos (₱1,200,000). (Act No. 3815, Revised Penal Code)

2. Mode of commission

Elements of the offense:

1) The offender forges, imports or utters any instrument payable to order or other document of credit not payable to bearer; and

2) He commits such acts in connivance with the forgers or importers.

References

Title 4 – Crimes Against Public Interest, Book 2, Revised Penal Code

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