Elements Flashcards
Article 212
ELEMENTS OF CORRUPTION OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS:
That the offender makes offers or promises or gives gifts or present to a public officer.
That the offers or promises are made or the gifts or presents given to a public officer, under circumstances that will make the public officer liable for direct bribery or indirect bribery
Article 213
ELEMENTS OF FRAUDS AGAINST PUBLIC TREASURY: (par. 1)
That the offender be a public officer.
That he should have taken advantage of his office, that is, he intervened in the transaction in his official capacity.
That he entered into an agreement with any interested party or speculator or made use of any other scheme with regard to
(a) furnishing supplies
(b) the making of contracts, or
(c) the adjustment or settlement of account relating to a public property or funds.
That the accused had intent to defraud the government.
Article 213 ILLEGAL EXACTIONS:
The offender is a public officer entrusted with the collection of taxes, licenses, fees and other imposts.
He is guilty of any of the following acts or omissions:
1. demanding, directly or indirectly the payment of sums different from or larger than those authorized by law, or
- failing voluntarily to issue a receipt, as provided by law, for any sum of money collected by him officially, or
- Collecting or receiving, directly or indirectly, by way of payment or otherwise, things or objects of a nature different from that provided by law.
Article 214
ELEMENTS OF OTHER FRAUDS:
That the offender is a public officer.
That he takes advantage of his official position.
That he commits any of the frauds or deceits enumerated in art. 315 and 316. (estafa; swindling)
Article 215
ELEMENTS OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS:
That the offender is an appointive public officer.
That he becomes interested, directly or indirectly, in any transaction of exchange or speculation.
That the transaction takes place within the territory subject to his jurisdiction.
That he becomes interested in the transaction during his incumbency.
Article 216
POSSESSION OF PROHIBITED INTERESTS BY A PUBLIC OFFICER :
Who are liable:
Public officer – in any contract or business in which it is his official duty to intervene.
Experts, arbitrators and private accountants – in any contract or transaction connected with the estate or property in the approval, distribution or adjudication of which they had acted.
Guardians and executors – with respect to property belonging to their wards or the estate.
Article 217
ELEMENTS COMMON TO ALL ACTS MALVERSATION OF PUBLIC FUNDS OR PROPERTY :
That the offender be a public officer (or private person if entrusted with public funds or connived with public officers)
That he had the custody or control of funds or property (if not accountable for the funds, theft or qualified theft)
That those funds or property were public funds or property (even if private funds if attached, seized, deposited or commingled with public funds)
That he:
Appropriated the funds or property
Took or misappropriated them
Consented or, through abandonment or negligence, permitted any other person to take such public funds or property. (it is not necessary that the offender profited thereby. His being remiss in the duty of safekeeping public funds violates the trust reposed)
Article 218
ELEMENTS OF FAILURE OF ACCOUNTABLE OFFICER TO RENDER ACCOUNTS :
That the offender is a public officer, whether in the service or separated therefrom.
That he must be an accountable officer for public funds property.
That he is required by law or regulation to render accounts to the commission on audit, or to a provincial auditor.
That he fails to do so for a period of two months after such accounts should be rendered.
Article 219
ELEMENTS OF FAILURE OF A RESPONSIBLE PUBLIC OFFICER TO RENDER ACCOUNTS BEFORE LEAVING THE COUNTRY :
That the offender is a public officer.
That he must be an accountable officer for public funds or property.
That he must have unlawfully left (or be on the point of leaving) the Philippines without securing from the Commission on Audit a certificate showing that his accounts have been finally settled.
Article 220
ELEMENTS OF ILLEGAL USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS OR PROPERTY (technical malversation):
That the offender is a public officer.
That there is public fund or property under his administration.
That such public fund or property has been appropriated by law or ordinance (without this, it is simple malversation even if applied to other public purpose).
That he applies the same to a public use other than for which such fund or property has been appropriated by law or ordinance.
Article 221
ELEMENTS OF FAILURE TO MAKE DELIVERY OF PUBLIC FUNDS OR PROPERTY
Offender has gov’t funds or property in his possession
He is under obligation to either:
make payment from such funds
to deliver property in his custody or administration when ordered by competent authority
He maliciously fails or refuses to do so
Article 222
PERSONS WHO MAY BE HELD LIABLE UNDER ARTS 217 TO 221
Private individual who, in any capacity, have charge of any national, provincial or municipal funds, revenue, or property
Administrator or depositary of funds or property that has been attached, seized or deposited by public authority, even if owned by a private individual
Article 223
ELEMENTS OF CONNIVING WITH OR CONSENTING TO EVASION
That the offender is a public officer (on duty).
That he is charged with the conveyance or custody of a prisoner, either detention prisoner or prisoner by final judgment.
That such prisoner escaped from his custody
That he was in connivance with the prisoner in the latter’s escape
Article 224
ELEMENTS OF EVASION THROUGH NEGLIGENCE:
That the offender is a public officer.
That he is charged with the conveyance or custody of a prisoner, either detention prisoner or prisoner by final judgment.
That such prisoner escapes through his negligence.
Penalty based on nature of imprisonment
Article 225
ELEMENTS OF ESCAPES OF PRISONERS UNDER THE CUSTODY OF A PERSON NOT A PUBLIC OFFICER :
That the offender is a private person (note: must be on duty)
That the conveyance or custody of a prisoner or person under arrest is confined to him.
That the prisoner or person under arrest escapes.
That the offender consents to the escape of the prisoner or person under arrest, or that the escape takes place through his negligence