CHAPTER 7 Flashcards
- It is the crime of making, circulating or uttering false coins and banknotes.
COUNTERFEITING
-to make a spurious semblance of, as money or stamps, with the intent to deceive or defraud.
COUNTERFEITING
-Literally, it means to make a copy of; or imitate;
COUNTERFEITING
is something made to imitate the real thing used for gain.
COUNTERFEITING
–mere imitating is ____
not counterfeiting nor punishable
_________: MAKING AND IMPORTING AND UTTERING FALSE COINS
ARTICLE 163
- 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:
- PRISION CORRECCIONAL in 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.
- PRISION 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.
- ______ in its minimum and medium periods and a fine not to exceed _____________, if the counterfeited coins be any of the coinage of the Philippines.
- ___________- in its minimum period and a fine not to exceed __________, if the counterfeited coin be currency of a foreign country.
PRISION CORRECCIONAL, FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P400,000)
PRISION CORRECCIONAL, TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P200,000)
-An Act to Amend Article One Hundred Sixty-Three of the Revised Penal Code
REPUBLIC ACT No. 4202
-Approved on June 19, 1965
REPUBLIC ACT No. 4202
REPUBLIC ACT No. 4202 was approved on
June 19, 1965
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4202
SECTION 1: Article One Hundred Sixty-three of the Revised Penal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
- PRISION MAYOR in its minimum and medium periods and a fine not to exceed 10,000 pesos, if the counterfeited coin be silver coin of the Philippines or coin of the Central Bank of the Philippines of ten- centavo denomination or above.
- PRISION CORRECCIONAL in its minimum and medium periods and a fine not to exceed 2,000 pesos if the counterfeited coins be any of the minor coinage of the Philippines or of the Central Bank of the Philippines below ten-centavo denomination
- PRISION CORRECCIONAL in its minimum period and a fine not to exceed 1,000 pesos, if the counterfeited coin be currency of a foreign country.”
- ________ in its minimum and medium periods and a fine not to exceed ________ pesos, if the counterfeited coin be silver coin of the Philippines or coin of the Central Bank of the Philippines of ten- centavo denomination or above.
- ________ in its minimum and medium periods and a fine not to exceed ___ pesos if the counterfeited coins be any of the minor coinage of the Philippines or of the Central Bank of the Philippines below ten-centavo denomination
- _______ in its minimum period and a fine not to exceed ____________ pesos, if the counterfeited coin be currency of a foreign country.”
PRISION MAYOR, 10,000
PRISION CORRECCIONAL 2,000
PRISION CORRECCIONAL 1,000
is the making of a false document with the intent that it should be used or acted upon as if it’s genuine.
FORGERY
__________ of document includes altering a genuine document in any material part. (Miller, 2021)
FALSIFICATION
- The act/process of making the content/s of a document not the intended content.
FALSIFICATION
amended by the Republic Act
SPECIAL PENAL LAWS
- The act of falsely making or materially altering, with intent to defraud, any writing which if genuine, might be of legal efficacy or the foundation of a legal liability.
FORGERY
every person who, with intent to defraud, signs the name of another person, or of fictitious person, knowing that he has no authority to do so, or falsely makes, alters, forges or counterfeits any - checks, drag - due bill for the payment of money or property - or counterfeits or forges the seal forged, or counterfeited, with intent the same to be fake, altered forged, or counterfeited, with intent to prejudice, damage or defraud any person…. is guilty oF
FORGERY
Under the Revised Penal Code (RPC), forgery and falsification of documents are
criminal offenses.
-This encompasses acts such as falsifying signatures, currency notes, bonds, and other similar instruments
FORGERY (ART. 169-172, RPC)
- This covers acts like falsifying public, official, or commercial documents by alteration, translation, or any other means to injure a third party or to benefit oneself or another.
FALSIFICATION (ART. 171 & 172, RPC)
To commence legal proceedings, the PLAINTIFF can file a complaint to either the
POLICE OR THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESLIGATION (NBI).
After a thorough assessment of the complaint, it may be transferred to the __________ for a preliminary investigation.
prosecutor’s office