Revised Penal Code Crimes

TITLE ONE: CRIMES AGAINST NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE LAW

OF NATIONS
CHAPTER ONE: CRIMES AGAINST NATIONAL SECURITY
SECTION ONE: CONSPIRACY AND TREASON
ART. 114 TREASON
ART 115. CONSPIRACY & PROPOSALTO COMMIT TREASON
ART 116. MISPRISION OF TREASON
ART 117. ESPIONAGE

SECTION TWO: PROVOKING WAR AND DISLOYALTY IN CASE OF

WAR

ART. 118 INCITING TO WAR OR GIVING MOTIVES FOR REPRISALS

ART. 119 VIOLATION OF NEUTRALITY
ART 120. CORRESPONDENCE WITH HOSTILE COUNTRY
ART 121. FLIGHT TO ENEMYS COUNTRY

SECTION THREE: PIRACY AND MUTINY ON THE HIGH SEAS

ARTICLE 122. PIRACY IN GENERAL AND MUTINYON THE HIGH SEAS

ARTICLE 123 QUALIFIED PIRACY
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6235 ANTI- HIJACKING LAW

TITLE TWO: CRIMES AGAINST THE FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF THE

STATE
CHAPTER ONE: ARBITRARY DETENTION OR EXPULSION,
VIOLATION OF DWELLING, PROHIBITION, INTERRUPTION, AND
DISSOLUTION OF PEACEFUL MEETING AND CRIMES AGAINST
RELIGIOUS WORSHIP
SECTION ONE: ARBITRARY DETENTION AND EXPULSION
ARTICLE 124. ARBITRARY DETENTION
ARTICLE 125. DELAY IN THE DELIVERY OF DETAINED PERSONS TO
THE PROPER JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES
ARTICLE 126. DELAYING RELEASE
SECTION TWO: VIOLATION OF DOMICILE
ARTICLE 127. EXPULSION
ARTICLE 128 VIOLATION OF DOMICILE
ARTICLE 129. SEARCH MALICIOUSLYAND ABUSE SERVICE OF
LEGALLY OBTAINED
ARTICLE 130 SEARCHING DOMICILE WITHOUT WITNESSES
SECTION THREE: PROHIBITION, INTERRUPTION, AND DISSOLUTION
OF PEACEFUL MEETINGS
ARTICLE 131 PROHIBITION, INTERRUPTION, & DISSOLUTION OF
PEACEFUL MEETINGS
ARTICLE 132. INTERRUP-TION OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP
ARTICLE 133. OFFENDING RELIGIOUS FEELINGS
TITLE THREE: CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER
ARTICLE 134. REBELLION/ INSURRECTION
ARTICLE 134-A. COUP DETAT
ARTICLE 135. PENALTY FOR REBELLION OR INSURRECTION OR
COUP DETAT

ARTICLE 136. CONSPIRACY & PROPOSAL TO COMMIT REBELLION,

INSUR- RECTION OR COUP D ETAT
ARTICLE 137 DISLOYALTY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS/ EMPLOYEES
ARTICLE 138. INCITING TO REBELLION/ INSURRECTION
ARTICLE 139. SEDITION
ARTICLE 140. PENALTY FOR SEDITION

ARTICLE 141. CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SEDITION

ARTICLE 142. INCITING TO SEDITION
CHAPTER TWO: CRIMES AGAINST POPULAR REPRESENTATION
SECTION ONE: CRIMES AGAINST LEGISLATIVE BODIES
ARTICLE 143. ACTS TENDING TO PREVENT THE MEETING OF THE
ASSEMBLY AND SIMILAR BODIES
ARTICLE 144.DISTURBANCE OF PROCEEDINGS
SECTION TWO: VIOLATION OF PARLIAMENTARY IMMUNITY
ARTICLE 145 VIOLATION OF PARLIAMENTARY IMMUNITY
CHAPTER THREE: ILLEGAL ASSMBLIES/ASSOCIATIONS
ARTICLE 146 ILLEGAL ASSEMBLIES
ARTICLE 147 ILLEGAL ASSOCIATIONS
CHAPTER FOUR: ASSAULT UPON, AND RESISTANCE &
DISOBEDIENCE TO, PERSONS IN AUTHORITY AND THEIR AGENTS
ARTICLE 148 DIRECT ASSAULT
ARTICLE 149 INDIRECT ASSAULT
ARTICLE 150. DISOBEDIENCE TO SUMMONS ISSUED BY THE NATL
ASSEMBLY, ITS COMMITTEES OR SUBCOMMITTEES, BY THE
CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSION, ITS COMMITTEES,
SUBCOMMITTEE OR DIVISIONS
ARTICLE 151 RESISTANCE & DISOBEDIENCE TO A PERSON IN

AUTHORITY OR THE AGENTS OF SUCH PERSON

ARTICLE 152. PERSONS IN AUTHORITY & AGENTS OF PERSONS IN
AUTHORITY
CHAPTER FIVE: PUBLIC DISORDER
ARTICLE 153 TUMULTS & OTHER DISTURBANCES OF PUBLIC
ORDER
ARTICLE .C 154 UNLAWFUL USE OF MEANS OF PUBLICATION
UNLAWFUL UTTERANCES
ARTICLE 155 ALARMS & SCANDALS
ARTICLE 156 DELIVERY OF PRISONERS FROM JAIL
CHAPTER SIX: EVASION OF SERVICE OF SENTENCE
ARTICLE 157EVASION OF SERVICE OF SENTENCE
ARTICLE 158 EVASION OF SENTENCE ON THE OCCASION OF
DISORDERS, CONFLAGRATIONS, EARTHQUAKES, OR OTHER
CALAMITIES
ARTICLE 159OTHER CASES OF EVASION OF SENTENCE
(CONDITIONAL PARDON)
CHAPTER SEVEN
ARTICLE 160 COMMISSION OF ANOTHER CRIME DURING THE
SERVICE OF PENALTY IMPOSED FOR ANOTHER PREVIOUS
OFFENSE (QUASI-RECIDIVISM)
TITLE FOUR: CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC INTEREST
CHAPTER ONE: FORGERIES
SECTION 1: FORGING THE SEAL OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, THE SIGNATURE OR STAMP OF THE CHIEF
EXECUTIVE.
ARTICLE 161 COUNTERFEITING SEAL OF GOVERNMENT,
SIGNATURE AND STAMP OF PRESIDENT
ARTICLE 162USE OF FORGED SIGNATURE, COUNTERFEIT SEAL OR

STAMP

SECTION TWO: COUNTERFEITING COINS

ARTICLE 163MAKING AND IMPORTING AND UTTERING FALSE
COINS
ARTICLE 164MUTILATION OF COINS- IMPORTATIONUTTERANCE OF
MUTILATED COINS
ARTICLE 165. SELLING OF FALSE OR MUTILATED COIN, WITHOUT
CONNIVANCE
SECTION THREE: FORGING TREASURY OR BANK NOTES,
OBLIGATIONS AND SECURITIES, IMPORTING AND UTTERING FALSE
OR FORGED NOTES, OBLIGATIONS AND SECURITIES
ARTICLE 166FORGING TREASURY OR BANK NOTES OR OTHER
DOCUMENTS PAYABLE TO BEARER AND UTTERING THE SAME
ARTICLE 167. COUNTERFEITING, IMPORTING AND UTTERING
INSTRUMENT NOT PAYABLE TO BEARER
ARTICLE 168. ILLEGAL POSSESSION AND USE OF FALSE
TREASURY OR BANK NOTES AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS OF
CREDIT
ARTICLE 169. HOW FORGERY IS COMMMITTED
SECTION FOUR: FALSIFICATION OF LEGISLATIVE, PUBLIC,
COMMERCIAL AND PRIVATE DOCUMENTS AND WIRELESS,
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE MESSAGES
ARTICLE 170 FALSIFICATION OF LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENT
ARTICLE 171 FALSIFICATION BY PUBLIC OFFICER, EMPLOYEE OR
NOTARY OR ECCLESIASTICAL MINISTER
ARTICLE 172. FALSIFICATION BY PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS AND USE
OF FALSIFIED DOCUMENTS
ARTICLE 173. FALSI- FICATION OF WIRELESS, CABLE, TELEGRAPH
AND TELEPHONE MESSAGES AND USE OF SAID FALSIFIED
MESSAGES

SECTION FIVE: FALSIFICATION OF MEDICAL CERTIFICATES,

CERTIFICATES OF MERIT OR SERVICE
ARTICLE 174. FALSE MEDICAL CERTIFICATES, FALSE CERTIFICATE
OF MERIT OR SERVICE
ARTICLE 175. USING FALSE CERTIFICATES
SECTION SIX
ARTICLE 176 MANUFACTURING AND POSSESSION OF
INSTRUMENTS AND IMPLEMENTS FOR FALSIFICATION
CHAPTER TWO: OTHER FALSITIES
SECTION ONE: USURPATION OF AUTHORITY, RANK, TITLE AND
IMPROPER USE OF NAMES, UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA
ARTICLE 177. USURPATION OF AUTHORITY OR OFFICIAL
FUNCTIONS
ARTICLE 178. USING FICTITIOUS NAME AND CONCEALING TRUE
NAME
COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 142, as amended by REPUBLIC ACT NO.
6085 An Act Regulating the Use of Aliases
ARTICLE 179. ILLEGAL USE OF UNIFORM OR INSIGNIA
SECTION TWO: FALSE TESTIMONY
ARTICLE 180. FALSE TESTI- MONY AGAINST A DEFENDANT
ARTICLE 181. FALSE TESTIMONY FAVORABLE TO THE DEFENDANT
ARTICLE 182. FALSE TESTIMONY IN CIVIL CASES
ARTICLE 183 PERJURY
ARTICLE 184. OFFERING FALSE TESTIMONY IN EVIDENCE
CHAPTER THREE: FRAUDS (Arts. 185-189)
ARTICLE 185. MACHINATIONS IN PUBLIC AUCTIONS
ARTICLE 186. MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF
TRADE

ARTICLE 187. IMPORTATION AND DISPOSITION OF FALSELY

MARKED ARTICLES OR MERCHANDISE MADE OF GOLD, SILVER OR
OTHER PRECIOUS METALS OR THEIR ALLOYS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 455 Law on Smuggling
TITLE FIVE: CRIMES RELATED TO OPIUM AND OTHER PROHIBITED
DRUGS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9165 Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of
2002 (Repealing RA No. 6425, otherwise known as the Dangerous
Drugs Act of 1972)
TITLE SIX: CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS
(CHAPTER ONE REPEALED)
CHAPTER TWO: OFFENSES AGAINST DECENCY AND GOOD
CUSTOMS
ARTICLE 200 GRAVE SCANDAL
ARTICLE 201. IMMORAL DOCTRINES, OBSCENE PUBLICATIONS
AND EXHIBITIONS, AND INDECENT SHOWS
ARTICLE 202 VAGRANTS AND PROSTITUTES
TITLE SEVEN: CRIMES COMITTED BY A PUBLIC OFFICER
CHAPTER ONE: PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 203. WHO ARE PUBLIC OFFICERS
CHAPTER TWO: MALFEASANCE AND MISFEASANCE IN OFFICE
SECTION ONE: DERELICTION OF DUTY
ARTICLE 204 KNOWINGLY RENDERING UNJUST JUDGMENT
ARTICLE 205. JUDGMENT RENDERED THROUGH NEGLIGENCE
ARTICLE 206 UNJUST INTERLOCUTORY ORDER
ARTICLE 207 MALICIOUS DELAY IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF
JUSTICE
ARTICLE 208. PROSE- CUTION OF OFFENSES; NEGLIGENCE AND

TOLERANCE
ARTICLE 209 BETRAYAL OF TRUST BY AN ATTORNEY OR SOLICITOR REVELATION OF SECRETS
SECTION TWO: BRIBERY
ARTICLE 210. DIRECT BRIBERY
ARTICLE 211 INDIRECT BRIBERY
ARTICLE 211-A QUALIFIED BRIBERY
ARTICLE 212 CORRUPTION OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS
ANTI GRAFT AND CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT (RA 3019 AS
AMENDED BY RA 3047, PD 77 AND BP 195)
ANTI PLUNDER ACT RA 7080
CHAPTER THREE: FRAUDS AND ILLEGAL EXACTIONS AND
TRANSACTIONS
ARTICLE 213FRAUD AGAINST THE TREASURY ANDSIMILAR OF
OFFENSES
ARTICLE 214 OTHER FRAUDS
ARTICLE 216 POSSESSION OF PROHIBITED INTEREST BY A PUBLIC
OFFICER
CHAPTER FOUR: MALVERSATION OF PUBLICFUNDS OR PROPERTY
ARTICLE 217. MALVER- SATION OF PUBLIC FUNDS OR PROPERTY:
PRESUMPTION OF MALVERSATION
ARTICLE 218 FAILURE OF ACCOUNTABLE OFFICER TO RENDER
ACCOUNTS
ARTICLE 219. FAILURE OF RESPONSIBLE PUBLICOFFICER TO
RENDER ACCOUNTS BEFORE LEAVING THE COUNTRY
ARTICLE 220. ILLEGAL USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS OR PROPERTY
(Technical Malversation)
ARTICLE 221. FAILURE TO MAKE DELIVERY OF PUBLIC FUNDS OR

PROPERTY
ARTICLE 222. OFFICERS INCLUDED IN THE PRECEDING
PROVISIONS
CHAPTER FIVE: INFIDELITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS
SECTION ONE: DISOBEDIENCE, REFUSAL OF ASSISTANCE, AND
MALTREATMENT OF PRISONERS
ARTICLE 223. CONNIVING WITH OR CONSENTING TO EVASION
ARTICLE 224. EVASION THROUGH NEGLIGENCE
ARTICLE 225. ESCAPE OF PRISONER UNDER THE CUSTODY OF A
PERSON NOT A PUBLIC OFFICER
ARTICLE 226 REMOVAL, CONCEALMENT, OR DESTRUCTION OF
DOCUMENTS (Infidelity in the Custody of Documents)
ARTICLE 227 OFFICER BREAKING SEAL
ARTICLE 228. OPENING OF CLOSED DOCUMENTS
ARTICLE 229 REVELATION OF SECRETS BY AN OFFICER
ARTICLE 230. PUBLIC OFFICER REVEALING SECRETS OF PRIVATE
INDIVIDUAL
CHAPTER SIX: OTHER OFFENSES OR IRREGULARITIES BY PUBLIC
OFFICERS
SECTION ONE: DISOBEDIENCE, REFUSAL OF ASSISTANCE AND
MALTREATMENT OF PRISONERS
ARTICLE 231 OPEN DISOBEDIENCE
ARTICLE 232. DISOBEDIENCE TO ORDER OF SUPERIOR OFFICER
WHEN SAID ORDER WAS SUSPENDED BY INFERIOR OFFICER
ARTICLE 233 REFUSAL OF ASSISTANCE
ARTICLE 234. REFUSAL TO DISCHARGE ELECTIVE OFFICE
ARTICLE 235. MALTREATMENT OF PRISONERS

SECTION TWO: ANTICIPATION, PROLONGATION AND

ABANDONMENT OF THE DUTIES AND POWERS OF PUBLIC OFFICE
ARTICLE 236.ANTICIPATION OF DUTIES OF A PUBLIC OFFICE
ARTICLE 237. PROLONGING PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES AND
POWERS
ARTICLE 238 ABANDONMENT OF OFFICE

SECTION THREE: USURPATION OF POWERS AND UNLAWFUL

APPOINTMENT
ARTICLE 239. USURPATION OF LEGISLATIVE POWER
ARTICLE 240. USURPATION OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS
ARTICLE 241. USUR- PATION OF JUDICIAL FUNCTIONS
ARTICLE 242. DIS- OBEYING REQUEST FOR DISQUALIFICATION
ARTICLE 243. ORDERS OR REQUESTS BY EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
TO ANY JUDICIAL AUTHORITY
ARTICLE 244 UNLAWFUL APPOINTMENTS
SECTION FOUR: ABUSES AGAINST CHASTITY
ARTICLE 245. ABUSES AGAINST CHASTITY PENALTIES
TITLE EIGHT: CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS
SECTION ONE: PARRICIDE, MURDER, HOMICIDE
ARTICLE 246. PARRICIDE
ARTICLE 247. DEATH OR PHYSICALINJURIES INFLICTED UNDER
EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES
ARTICLE 248. MURDER
ARTICLE 249. HOMICIDE
ARTICLE 250. PENALTY FOR FRUSTRATED PARRICIDE, MURDER,

OR HOMICIDE
ARTICLE 251. DEATH CAUSED IN A TUMULTUOUS AFFRAY
ARTICLE 252. PHYSICAL INJURIES INFLICTED IN A TUMULTUOUS
AFFRAY
ARTICLE 253. GIVING ASSISTANCE TO SUICIDE
ARTICLE 254 DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS
SECTION TWO: INFANTICIDE AND ABORTION
ARTICLE 255 INFANTICIDE
ARTICLE 256 INTENTIONAL ABORTION
ARTICLE 257. UNINTENTIONAL ABORTION
ARTICLE 258. ABORTION PRACTICED BY THE WOMAN HERSELF OR
HER PARENTS
ARTICLE 259.ABORTION PRACTICED BY A PHYSICIAN OR MIDWIFE
IN DISPENSING OF ABORTIVES
SECTION THREE: DUEL
ARTICLE 260. RESPONSIBILITY OF PARTICIPANTS IN A DUEL
ARTICLE 261 CHALLENGING TO A DUEL
CHAPTER TWO: PHYSICAL INJURIES
ARTICLE 262 MUTILATION
ARTICLE 263. SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURIES
ARTICLE 264 ADMINISTERING INJURIOUS SUBSTANCE OR
BEVERAGES
ARTICLE 265LESS SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURIES
ARTICLE 266 SLIGHT PHYSICAL INJURIES AND MALTREATMENT
ANTI-HAZING LAW (R.A. No. 8049)

ART. 266-A ANTI-RAPE LAW

ARTICLE 266-B QUALIFIED RAPE
ARTICLE 266-C EFFECT OF PARDON
ARTICLE 266-D PRESUMPTIONS
TITLE NINE: CRIMES AGAINST PERSONAL LIBERTY AND SECURITY
SECTION ONE: ILLEGAL DETENTION
ARTICLE 267 KIDNAPPING AND SERIOUS ILLEGAL DETENTION
ARTICLE 268SLIGHT ILLEGAL DETENTION
ARTICLE 269 UNLAWFUL ARREST
SECTION TWO: KIDNAPPING OF MINORS
ARTICLE 270 FAILURE TO RETURN A MINOR
ARTICLE 271 INDUCING A MINOR TO ABANDON HIS HOME
SECTION THREE: SLAVERY AND SERVITUDE
ARTICLE 272. SLAVERY (PE)
ARTICLE 273 EXPLOITATION OF CHILD LABOR
ARTICLE 274. SERVICES RENDERED UNDER COMPULSION IN
PAYMENT
CHAPTER TWO: CRIMES AGAINST SECUIRTY
SECTION ONE: ABANDONMENT OF HELPLESS PERSONS AND
EXPLOITATION OF MINORS
ARTICLE 275. ABANDONMENT OF PERSONS IN DANGER AND
ABANDONMENT OF ONES OWN VICTIM
ARTICLE 276. ABANDONING A MINOR (SCAN)
ARTICLE 277. ABANDONMENT OF MINOR ENTRUSTED WITH HIS
CUSTODY; INDIFFERENCE OF PARENTS

ARTICLE 278. EXPLOITATION OF MINORS

ARTICLE 279. ADDITIONAL PENALTIES FOR OTHER OFFENSES

SECTION TWO: TRESPASS TO DWELLING

ARTICLE 280. QUALIFIED TRESPASS TO DWELLING(PEA)
ARTICLE 281 OTHER FORMS OF TRESPASS (CUMN)
SECTION THREE: THREATS AND COERCION
ARTICLE 282. GRAVE THREATS
ARTICLE 283. LIGHT THREATS (TNDA/N)
ARTICLE 284. BOND FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR
ARTICLE 285. OTHER LIGHT THREATS
ARTICLE 286. GRAVE COERCION
ARTICLE 287 LIGHT COERCION(CSVP)
ARTICLE 288. OTHER SIMILAR COERCIONS (COMPULSORY
PURCHASE OF MERCHANDISE & PAYMENT OF WAGES BY MEANS
OF TOKENS)
ARTICLE 289 FORMATION, MAINTENANCE, & PROHIBITION OF
COMBINATION OF CAPITAL OR LABOR THROUGH VIOLENCE OR
THREATS
CHAPTER THREE: DISCOVERY AND REVELATION OF SECRETS
ARTICLE 290 DISCOVERING SECRETS THROUGH SEIZURE OF
CORRESPONDENCE (PSID)
ARTICLE 291 REVEALING SECRETS WITH ABUSE OF OFFICE (MLR)
ARTICLE 292 REVELATION OF INDUSTRIAL SECRETS (MSRP)

TITLE TEN: CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY

SECTION ONE: ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE AGAINST OR
INTIMIDATION OF PERSONS
ARTICLE 293WHO ARE GUILTY OF ROBBERY
ARTICLE 294ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE AGAINSTOR INTIMIDATION
OF PERSONS
ARTICLE 295 ROBBERY WITH PHYSICAL INJURIES, COMMITTED IN
AN UNINHABITED PLACE BY A BAND OR WITH THE USE OF
FIREARM ON A STREET, ROAD OR ALLEY
ARTICLE 296. DEFINITION OF A BAND AND PENALTY INCURRED BY
THE MEMBERS THEREOF
ARTICLE 297. ATTEMPTED AND FRUSTRATED ROBBERY
COMMITTED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES
ARTICLE 298 EXECUTION OF DEEDS BY MEANS OFVIOLENCE OR
INTIMIDATION
SECTION TWO: ROBBERY WITH THE USE OF FORCE UPON THINGS
ARTICLE 299. ROBBERY IN AN INHABITED HOUSE/PUBLIC
BUILDING OR EDIFICE DEVOTED TO WORSHIP
ARTICLE 300. ROBBERY IN AN UNINHABITED PLACE AND BY A
BAND
ARTICLE 301 WHAT IS AN INHABITED HOUSE, PUBLIC BUILDING OR
BUILDING DEDICATED TO RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AND THEIR
DEPENDENCIES
ARTICLE 302 ROBBERY IN AN UNINHABITED PLACEOR IN A
PRIVATE BUILDING

ARTICLE 303 ROBBERY OF CEREALS, FRUITS, OR FIREWOOD IN AN

UNINHABITED PLACE OR PRIVATE BUILDING
ARTICLE 304. POSSESSION OF PICKLOCKSOR SIMILAR TOOLS
ARTICLE 305 FALSE KEYS

CHAPTER TWO: BRIGANDAGE

ARTICLE 306. BRIGANDAGE
ARTICLE 307 AIDING OR ABETTING A BAND OF BRIGANDS
CHAPTER THREE: THEFT
ARTICLE 308 WHO ARE LIABLE FOR THEFT
ARTICLE 309. PENALTIES
ARTICLE 310 QUALIFIED THEFT
ANTI CARNAPPING ACT of 1972 (R.A. 6539)
CATTLE RUSTLING LAW of 1974 (P.D. 533)
LAW ON ILLEGAL FISHING (P.D. 534)
HIGHGRADING OR THEFT OF GOLD (P .D. 581)
ANTI FENCING LAW (P.D. 1612)
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 401 Penalizing the Unauthorized
Installation of Water, Electrical or Telephone Connections, the Use of
Tampered Water or Electrical Meters, and other Acts
PENALIZING TIMBER SMUGGLING OR ILLEGAL CUTTING OF LOGS
FROM PUBLIC FORESTS AND FOREST RESERVES AS QUALIFIED
THEFT (P.D. NO. 330)
ARTICLE 311. THEFT OF THE PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL
LIBRARY AND NATIONAL MUSEUM
CHAPTER FOUR: USURPATION

ARTICLE 312 OCCUPATION OF REAL PROPERTY OR USURPATION

OF REAL RIGHTS IN PROPERTY
ARTICLE 313. ALTERING BOUNDARIES OR LANDMARK
CHAPTER FIVE: CULPABLE INSOLVENCY
ARTICLE 314. FRAUDULENT INSOLVENCY

CHAPTER SIX: SWINDLING AND OTHER DECEITS

ARTICLE 315 SWINDLING/ ESTAFA
I.Estafa with Unfaithfulness or Abuse of Confidence
A. Estafa with unfaithfulness (Article 315, No. 1-A)
B. Estafa with abuse of confidence. Article 315 No.1-B)
C. Estafa by taking undue advantage of the signature in
blank (Article 315, No. 1-C)
II.Estafa by Means of Deceit (Article 315, No. 2) A-E
ILLEGAL RECRUITMENT Under the Migrant Workers Act (R.A. No.
8042)
BOUNCING CHECKS LAW (B.P. Blg. 22) Offenses Punished under BP
22:
III.Estafa Through the Following Means
A. Estafa by inducing another to sign any document
(Article 315 No. 3A)
B. Estafa by resorting to some fraudulent practice to
insure success in gambling (Article 315 No. 3B)
C. Estafa by removing, concealing or destroying
documents (Article 315 No. 3C)
ARTICLE 316OTHER FORMS OF SWINDLING
ARTICLE 317. SWINDLING A MINOR

CHAPTER SEVEN: CHATTEL MORTGAGE

ARTICLE 319. REMOVAL, SALE OR PLEDGE OF MORTGAGED
PROPERTY
CHAPTER EIGHT: ARSON AND OTHER CRIMES INVOLVING
DESTRUCTIONS
ARTICLE 320-326- B REPEALED BY PD 1613
PD 1613- AMENDING THE LAW ON ARSON
CHAPTER NINE: MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
ARTICLE 327 MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
ARTICLE 328. SPECIAL CASES OF MALICIOUSMISCHIEF
ARTICLE 329 OTHER MISCHIEFS
ARTICLE 330DAMAGE AND OBSTRUCTION TO MEANS OF
COMMUNICATION
ARTICLE 331 DESTROYING OR DAMAGING STATUES, PUBLIC
MONUMENTS OR PAINTINGS
CHAPTER TEN: EXEMPTION FROM CRIMINAL LIABILITY IN CRIMES
AGAINST PROPERTY
ARTICLE 332 PERSON EXEMPT FROM CRIMINAL LIABILITY

TITLE ELEVEN: CRIMES AGAINST CHASTITY

CHAPTER ONE: ADULTERY AND CONCUBINAGE
ARTICLE 333 ADULTERY
ARTICLE 334 CONCUBINAGE
CHAPTER TWO: ACTS OF LASCIVIOUSNESS
ARTICLE 336. ACTS OF LASCIVIOUSNESS
CHAPTER THREE: SEDUCTION, CORRUPTION OF MINORS, AND

WHITE SLAVE TRADE

ARTICLE 337 QUALIFIED SEDUCTION
ARTICLE 338 SIMPLE SEDUCTION
ARTICLE 339. ACTS OF LASCIVIOUS- NESS WITH THE CONSENT OF
THE OFFENDED PARTY
ANTI-SEXUAL HARRASMENT ACT (R.A. No. 7877)
ARTICLE 340 CORRUPTION OF MINORS (AS AMENDED BY BP 92)
ARTICLE 341 WHITE SLAVE TRADE
CHAPTER FOUR: ABDUCTION
ARTICLE 342. FORCIBLE ABDUCTION
ARTICLE 343 CONSENTED ABDUCTION
CHAPTER FIVE: PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE PRECEDING
CHAPTERS OF TITLE ELEVEN
ARTICLE 344 PROSECUTION OF THE CRIMES OF ADULTERY,
CONCUBINAGE, SEDUCTION, ABDUCTION, RAPE AND ACTS OF
LASCIVIOUSNESS
ARTICLE 345CIVIL LIABILITY OF PERSONS GUILTY OF CRIMES
AGAINST CHASTITY
ARTICLE 346. LIABILITY OF ASCENDANTS, GUARDIANS,
TEACHERS, OR OTHER PERSONS ENTRUSTED WITH THE CUSTODY
OF THE OFFENDED PARTY
TITLE TWELVE: CRIMES AGAISNT THE CIVIL STATUS OF PERSONS
CHAPTER ONE: SIMULATION OF BIRTHS AND USURPATION OF
CIVIL STATUS
ARTICLE 347. SIMULATION OF BIRTHS SUBSTITUTION OF ONE
CHILD FOR ANOTHER, CONCEALMENT OR ABANDONMENT OF A
LEGITIMATE CHILD.
ARTICLE 348. USURPATION OF CIVIL STATUS

CHAPTER TWO: ILLEGAL MARRIAGES

ARTICLE 349. BIGAMY
ARTICLE 350 MARRIAGE CONTRACTED AGAINST PROVISIONS OF
LAWS (Illegal Marriage)
ARTICLE 351. PREMATURE MARRIAGES
ARTICLE 352. PERFORMANCE OF ILLEGAL MARRIAGES

TITLE THIRTEEN: CRIMES AGAINST HONOR

CHAPTER ONE: LIBEL
ARTICLE 353 LIBEL
ARTICLE 354 REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLICITY
THE ANTI-WIRE TAPPING ACT (R.A. No. 4200)Unlawful acts by any
person or participant, not authorized by all the parties to any private
communication or spoken word:
ARTICLE 355. LIBEL BY MEANS OF WRITINGS OR SIMILAR MEANS
ARTICLE 356. THREATENING TO PUBLISH AND OFFER TO PREVENT
SUCH PUBLICATION FOR A COMPENSATION
ARTICLE 357. PROHIBITED PUBLICATION OF ACTS REFERRED TO
IN THE COURSE OF OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
ARTICLE 358 SLANDER(oral defamation)
ARTICLE 359 SLANDER BY DEED
SECTION TWO: GENERAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 360. PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR LIBEL
ARTICLE 361 PROOF OF TRUTH
ARTICLE 362 LIBELOUS REMARKS
CHAPTER TWO: INCRIMINATORY MACHINATIONS

ARTICLE 363. INCRIMINATING INNOCENT PERSONS

ARTICLE 364 INTRIGUING AGAINST HONOR
TITLE FOURTEEN: QUASI-OFFENSES
SOLE CHAPTER: CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE
ARTICLE 365 IMPRUDENCE AND NEGLIGENCE