Title Four

CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC INTEREST

Chapter One
FORGERIES
Section One. Forging the seal of the Government of the
Philippine Islands, the signature or stamp of the Chief Executive.

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Art. 161. Counterfeiting the great seal of the Government of the

Philippine Islands, forging the signature or stamp of the Chief
Executive. The penalty of reclusion temporal shall be imposed
upon any person who shall forge the Great Seal of the Government
of the Philippine Islands or the signature or stamp of the Chief
Executive.
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Art. 162. Using forged signature or counterfeit seal or stamp. The

penalty of prision mayor shall be imposed upon any person who shall
knowingly make use of the counterfeit seal or forged signature or
stamp mentioned in the preceding article.
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Section Two. Counterfeiting Coins

Art. 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:
1. Prision mayor in its minimum and medium periods and a fine
not to exceed P10,000 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.
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2. Prision correccional in its minimum and medium periods and

a fine of not to exceed P2,000 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.
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3. Prision correccional in its minimum period and a fine not to

exceed P1,000 pesos, if the counterfeited coin be currency of a
foreign country. (As amended by R.A. No. 4202, approved June 19,
1965).

Art. 164. Mutilation of coins; Importation and utterance of mutilated coins.

The penalty of prision correccional in its minimum period and a fine not to
exceed P2,000 pesos shall be imposed upon any person who shall mutilate
coins of the legal currency of the United States or of the Philippine Islands or

import or utter mutilated current coins, or in connivance with mutilators or

importers.
Art. 165. Selling of false or mutilated coin, without connivance.
The person who knowingly, although without the connivance
mentioned in the preceding articles, shall possess false or mutilated
coin with intent to utter the same, or shall actually utter such coin,
shall suffer a penalty lower by one degree than that prescribed in
said articles.
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