CHAPTER VII - COMMISSION OF ANOTHER

CRIME DURING SERVICE OF PENALTY

IMPOSED FOR ANOTHER PREVIOUS OFFENSE
ARTICLE 160 - QUASI RECIDIVISM
Elements:
(1) Offender was already convicted by final
judgment of one offense;
(2) He committed a new felony before
beginning to serve such sentence or while
serving the same.
Quasi-recidivism is a special aggravating
circumstance where a person, after having
been convicted by final judgment, shall
commit a new felony before beginning to
serve such sentence, or while serving the
same. He shall be punished by the maximum
period of the penalty prescribed by law for
the new felony. The first crime for which the
offender is serving sentence need not be a
felony. [People vs. Peralta]
PD 1866 AS AMENDED BY RA 8294: ILLEGAL
POSSESSION OF FIREARMS
Section 1. Unlawful manufacture, sale,
acquisition, disposition or possession of
firearms or ammunition or instruments used
or intended to be used in the manufacture of
firearms or ammunition. The penalty of
prision correccional in its maximum period
and a fine of not less than Fifteen thousand
pesos (P15,000) shall be imposed upon any
person who shall unlawfully manufacture,
deal in, acquire, dispose, or possess any low
powered firearm, such as rimfire handgun, .
380 or .32 and other firearm of similar
firepower, part of firearm, ammunition, or
machinery, tool or instrument used or
intended to be used in the manufacture of
any firearm or ammunition: Provided, That no
other crime was committed.
The penalty of prision mayor in its minimum
period and a fine of Thirty thousand pesos
(P30,000) shall be imposed if the firearm is
classified as high powered firearm which
includes those with bores bigger in diameter
than .38 caliber and 9 millimeter such as
caliber .40, .41, .44, .45 and also lesser
calibered firearms but considered powerful
such as caliber .357 and caliber .22 centerfire magnum and other firearms with firing
capability of full automatic and by burst of
two or three: Provided, however, That no
other crime was committed by the person
arrested.
If homicide or murder is committed with the
use of an unlicensed firearm, such use of an
unlicensed firearm shall be considered as an
aggravating circumstance.
If the violation of this section is in
furtherance of or incident to, or in connection
with the crime of rebellion or insurrection,
sedition, or attempted coup detat, such
violation shall be absorbed as an element of

the crime of rebellion, or insurrection,

sedition, or attempted coup detat.
The same penalty shall be imposed upon the
owner, president, manager, director or other
responsible officer of any public or private
firm, company, corporation or entity, who
shall willfully or knowingly allow any of the
firearms owned by such firm, company,
corporation or entity to be used by any
person or persons found guilty of violating
the provisions of the preceding paragraphs
or willfully or knowingly allow any of them to
use unlicensed firearms or firearms without
any legal authority to be carried outside of
their residence in the course of their
employment.
The penalty of arresto mayor shall be
imposed upon any person who shall carry
any licensed firearm outside his residence
without legal authority therefor.
Sec. 2. Presumption of Illegal Manufacture of
Firearms or Ammunition. The possession of
any machinery, tool or instrument used
directly in the manufacture of firearms or
ammunition, by any person whose business
or employment does not lawfully deal with
the manufacture of firearms or ammunition,
shall be prima facie evidence that such
article is intended to be used in the
unlawful/illegal manufacture of firearms or
ammunition.
Sec.
3.Unlawful
manufacture,
sale,
acquisition, disposition or possession of
explosives. The penalty of prision mayor in
its maximum period to reclusion temporal
and a fine of not less than Fifty thousand
pesos (P50,000) shall be imposed upon any
person who shall unlawfully manufacture,
assemble, deal in, acquire, dispose or
possess hand grenade(s), rifle grenade(s),
and other explosives, including but not
limited to 'pillbox,' 'molotov cocktail bombs,'
'fire bombs,' or other incendiary devices
capable of producing destructive effect on
contiguous objects or causing injury or death
to any person.
When a person commits any of the crimes
defined in the Revised Penal Code or special
laws with the use of the aforementioned
explosives, detonation agents or incendiary
devices, which results in the death of any
person or persons, the use of such
explosives, detonation agents or incendiary
devices
shall
be
considered
as
an
aggravating circumstance.
If the violation of this Sec. is in furtherance
of, or incident to, or in connection with the
crime of rebellion, insurrection, sedition or
attempted coup d'etat, such violation shall
be absorbed as an element of the crimes of
rebellion, insurrection, sedition or attempted
coup d'etat.

The same penalty shall be imposed upon the

owner, president, manager, director or other
responsible officer of any public or private
firm, company, corporation or entity, who
shall willfully or knowingly allow any of the
explosives owned by such firm, company,
corporation or entity, to be used by any
person or persons found guilty of violating
the provisions of the preceding paragraphs
Sec. 3-A. Unlawful Manufacture, Sales,
Acquisition, Disposition, Importation or
Possession of a Part, Ingredient, Machinery,
Tool or Instrument Used or Intended to be
Used for the Manufacture, Construction,
Assembly, Delivery or Detonation. The
penalty of reclusion perpetua shall be
imposed upon any person who shall willfully
and unlawfully manufacture, assemble, deal
in, acquire, dispose, import or possess any
part,
ingredient,
machinery,
tool
or
instrument of any explosive or incendiary
device, whether chemical, mechanical,
electronic, electrical or otherwise, used or
intended to be used by that person for its
manufacture,
construction,
assembly,
delivery or detonation, where the explosive
or incendiary device is capable or is intended
to be made capable of producing destructive
effect on contiguous objects or causing injury
or death to any person.
Provided, That the mere possession of any
part,
ingredient,
machinery,
tool
or
instrument directly used in the manufacture,
construction,
assembly,
delivery
or
detonation of any explosive or incendiary
device, by any person whose business
activity, or employment does not lawfully
deal with the possession of such article shall
be prima facie evidence that such article is
intended to be used by that person in the
unlawful/illegal manufacture, construction,
assembly, delivery or detonation of an
explosive or incendiary device.

incendiary device for the sole purpose of

surrendering it to the proper authorities shall
not be a violation of this Section.
Provided, finally, That in addition to the
instances
provided
in
the
two
(2)
immediately preceding paragraphs, the court
may determine the absence of the intent to
possess, otherwise referred to as animus
possidendi, in accordance with the facts and
circumstances of each case and the
application of other pertinent laws, among
other things, Articles 11 and 12 of the
Revised Penal Code, as amended.
Sec. 3-B. Penalty for the Owner, President,
Manager, Director or Other Responsible
Officer of Any Public or Private Firm,
Company, Corporation or Entity. The
penalty of reclusion perpetua shall be
imposed
upon
the
owner,
president,
manager, director or other responsible officer
of any public or private firm, company,
corporation or entity, who shall willfully or
knowingly allow any explosive or incendiary
device or parts thereof owned or controlled
by such firm, company, corporation or entity
to be used by any person or persons found
guilty of violating the provisions of the
preceding paragraphs. Sec. 3-C. Relationship
of Other Crimes with a Violation of this
Decree and the Penalty Therefor. When a
violation of Section 3, 3-A or 3-B of this
Decree is a necessary means for committing
any of the crimes defined in the Revised
Penal Code or special laws, or is in
furtherance of, incident to, in connection
with, by reason of, or on occasion of any of
the crimes defined in the Revised Penal Code
or special laws, the penalty of reclusion
perpetua and a fine ranging from One
hundred Thousand pesos (P100,000.00) to
One million pesos (P1,000,000.00) shall be
imposed.

Provided, however, That a temporary

incidental, casual, harmless or transient
possession or control of any part, machinery,
tool or instrument directly used in the
manufacture,
construction,
assembly,
delivery or detonation of any explosive or
incendiary device, without the knowledge of
its existence or character as part, ingredient,
machinery, tool or instrument directly used
in the manufacture, construction, assembly,
delivery or detonation of any explosive or
incendiary device, shall not be a violation of
this Section.

Sec. 3-D. Former Conviction or Acquittal;

Double Jeopardy. Subject to the provisions
of the Rules of Court on double jeopardy, if
the application thereof is more favorable to
the accused, the conviction or acquittal of
the accused or the dismissal of the case for
violation of this Decree shall be a bar to
another prosecution of the same accused for
any offense where the violation of this
Decree was a necessary means for
committing the offense or in furtherance of
which, incident to which, in connection with
which, by reason of which, or on occasion of
which, theviolation of this Decree was
committed, and vice versa.

Provided, further, That the temporary,

incidental, casual, harmless, or transient
possession or control of any part, ingredient,
machinery, tool or instrument directly used
in the manufacture, construction, assembly,
delivery or detonation of any explosive or

Sec. 4. Responsibility and liability of Law

Enforcement
Agencies
and
Other
Government Officials and Employees in
Testifying as Prosecution Witnesses. Any
member of law enforcement agencies or any
other government official and employee who,

after due notice, fails or refuses, intentionally

or negligently, to appear as a witness for the
prosecution
of
the
defense
in
any
proceeding, involving violations of this
Decree, without any valid reason, shall be
punished with reclusion temporal and a fine
of
Five
hundred
Thousand
pesos
(P500,000.00)
in
addition
to
the
administrative liability he/she may be meted
out by his/her immediate superior and/or
appropriate body.
The immediate superior of the member of
the law enforcement agency or any other
government employee mentioned in the
preceding paragraph shall be penalized with
prision correccional and a fine of not less
than Ten Thousand pesos (P10,000.00) but
not more than Fifty thousand pesos
(P50,000.00) and in addition, perpetual
absolute disqualification from public office if
despite due notice to them and to the
witness concerned, the former does not exert
reasonable effort to present the latter to the
court.
The member of the law enforcement agency
or
any
other
government
employee
mentioned in the preceding paragraphs shall
not be transferred or reassigned to any other
government office located in another
territorial jurisdiction during the pendency of
the case in court. However, the concerned
member of the law enforcement agency or
government employee may be transferred or
reassigned for compelling reasons: Provided,
That his/her immediate superior shall notify
the court where the case is pending of the
order to transfer or reassign, within twentyfour (24) hours from its approval: Provided,
further, That his/her immediate superior shall
be penalized with prision correccional and a
fine of not less than Ten thousand pesos
(P10,000.00) but not more than Fifty
thousand pesos (P50,000.00) and in addition,
perpetual absolute disqualification from
public office, should he/she fail to notify the
court of such order to transfer or reassign.
Prosecution and punishment under this
Section shall be without prejudice to any
liability for violation of any existing law.
Sec. 4-A. Criminal Liability for Planting of
Evidence. Any person who is found guilty
of planting any explosive or incendiary
device or any
part,
ingredient,
machinery,
tool
or
instrument of any explosive or incendiary
device, whether chemical, mechanical,
electronic, electrical or otherwise, shall suffer
the penalty of reclusion perpetua.
Planting of evidence shall mean the willful
act by any person of maliciously and
surreptitiously inserting, placing, adding or
attaching, directly or indirectly, through any
overt or covert act, whatever quantity of any
explosive or incendiary device or any part,

ingredient, machinery, tool or instrument of

any explosive or incendiary device, whether
chemical, mechanical, electronic, electrical
or otherwise in the person, house, effects or
in the immediate vicinity of an innocent
individual for the purpose of implicating
incriminating or imputing the commission of
any violation of this Decree.
Sec. 4-D. Types of Chemicals/Accessories
Covered. The chemicals and accessories
mentioned in the preceding Section shall
exclusively refer to chlorates, nitrates, nitric
acid and such other chemicals and
accessories that can be used for the
manufacture of explosives and explosive
ingredients.
Sec. 5. Tampering of Firearms Serial Number.
The penalty of prision correccional shall be
imposed upon any person who shall
unlawfully tamper, change, deface or erase
the serial number of any firearm.
Sec.
6.
Repacking
or
Altering
the
Composition
of
Lawfully
Manufactured
Explosives.
The
penalty
of
prision
correccional shall be imposed upon any
person who shall unlawfully repack, alter or
modify the composition of any lawfully
manufactured explosives.
Sec. 7. Unauthorized Issuance of Authority to
Carry Firearm and/or Ammunition Outside of
Residence.
The
penalty
of
prision
correccional shall be imposed upon any
person, civilian or military, who shall issue
authority to carry firearm and/or ammunition
outside of residence, without authority
therefor.
RA 9372: HUMAN SECURITY
SPECIAL LAWS IN TITLE I)

ACT

(SEE

Title IV. Crimes against Public Interest

ACTS OF COUNTERFEITING
ARTICLE 161 - COUNTERFEITING THE
GREAT SEAL OF THE GOVERNMENT OF
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, FORGING THE
SIGNATURE OR STAMP OF THE CHIEF
EXECUTIVE
Acts punished: Forging the
(1) Great Seal of the Government of the
Philippines;
(2) Signature of the President;
(3) Stamp of the President.
When the signature of the president is
forged, the crime committed is covered by
this provision and not falsification of public
document.
Intent to use is necessary. Actual use,
however, is not required, as long as the
forger intended to use it.

ARTICLE
162
USING
FORGED
SIGNATURE OR COUNTERFEIT SEAL OR
STAMP
Elements:
(1) The great Seal of the Republic was
counterfeited OR the Signature or stamp of
the Chief Executive was forged by another
person;
(2) Offender Knew of the counterfeiting or
forgery;
(3) He Used the counterfeit seal or forged
signature or stamp.
Remember:
Offender under this article
should not be the forger. Otherwise, he will
be penalized under Article 161. The
participation of the offender is in effect that
of an accessory.
Although the general rule is that he should
be punished by a penalty of two degrees
lower, under Article 162 he is punished by a
penalty only one degree lower.
ARTICLE 163 - MAKING AND IMPORTING
AND UTTERING FALSE COINS
Elements:
(1) There be False or counterfeited coins;
(2) Offender either made, imported or
uttered such coins;
(3) In case of uttering such false or
counterfeited coins, he Connived with the
counterfeiters or importers.
To utter is to pass counterfeited coins. It
includes delivery or the act of giving them
away. A counterfeited coin is uttered when it
is paid, when the offender is caught counting
the counterfeited coins preparatory to the
act of delivering them, even though the
utterer may not obtain the gain he intended
[Decisions of the Supreme Court of Spain]

Acts punished
(1) Mutilating coins of the legal currency,
with the further requirement that there be
intent to damage or to defraud another;
(2) Importing or uttering such mutilated
coins, with the further requirement that there
must be connivance with the mutilator or
importer in case of uttering.
The first acts of falsification or falsity include:
(1) Counterfeiting
(2) Forgery
(3) Falsification
In so far as coins in circulation are
concerned, there are two crimes that may be
committed:
(1) Counterfeiting coins
(2) Mutilation of coins
Requisites of Mutilation under the RPC:
(1) Coin mutilated is of legal tender;
(2) Offender gains from the precious metal
dust abstracted from the coin;
(3) It has to be a coin.
Mutilation means to take off part of the
metal either by filling it or substituting it for
another metal of inferior quality.
Since the coins before
and/or other precious
metal from the coins
Hence, the coins
diminished.

were made of silver

metal, shaving the
became a practice.
intrinsic value is

This is the only article that requires that the

mutilated coin be legal tender.
Foreign coins are covered in this article.
Deliberate intent arises only when the
offender collects the precious metal dust
from the mutilated coin.

To import fake coins means to bring them

into port. The importation is complete before
entry at the Customs House [US vs. Lyman]

ARTICLE 165 - SELLING OF FALSE OR

MUTILATED
COIN,
WITHOUT
CONNIVANCE

Kinds of coins the counterfeiting of which is

punished
A. Silver coins of the Philippines or coins of
the Central Bank of the Philippines;
B. Coins of the minor coinage of the
Philippines or of the Central Bank of the
Philippines;
C. Coin of the currency of a foreign country.

Mode 1: Possession of coin, counterfeited or

mutilated by another person, with intent to
utter the same, knowing that it is false or
mutilated;
Elements: (1) Possession;
(2) With Intent to utter; and
(3) Knowledge.

The counterfeiting of foreign currency is

punishable, regardless of whether or not it is
still in official circulation. The reason behind
this is not only the harm that it may cause to
the public in case it goes into circulation
again, but also the possibility that the
counterfeiter may later apply his trade to the
making of coins in actual circulation. [People
vs. Kong Leon]
ARTICLE 164 - MUTILATION OF COINS

Mode 2: Actually uttering such false or

mutilated coin, knowing the same to be false
or mutilated.
Elements:
(1) Actually uttering; and
(2) Knowledge.
Possession prohibited in this article is not
only actual and physical possession, but also
that of a constructive one, or the subjection
of the thing to ones control. The possessor

should not be the counterfeiter, mutilator or

importer of the coins.
As long as the offender has knowledge that
the coin is false or mutilated, there is no
need for him to connive with the
counterfeiter or mutilator.
ARTICLE 166 - FORGING TREASURY OR
BANK NOTES OR OTHER DOCUMENTS
PAYABLE TO BEARER; IMPORTING AND
UTTERING SUCH FALSE OR FORGED
NOTES AND DOCUMENTS
Acts punished
(1) Forging or falsification of treasury or bank
notes or other documents payable to bearer;
(2) Importation of such false or forged
obligations or notes;
(3) Uttering of such false or forged
obligations or notes in connivance with the
forgers or importers.
Forging: By giving any treasury or bank
note, or any instrument payable to bearer, or
to order the appearance of a true and
genuine document.
Falsification: By erasing, substituting,
counterfeiting or altering by any means, the
figures, letters, words, or signs contained
therein.
The instrument is payable to bearer:
(1) When expressed to be so payable
(2) When payable to a person named therein
or bearer (3) When payable to the order of a
fictitious or non- existing person, and such
fact was known to the person making it so
payable
(4) When the name of the payee does not
purport to be the name of any person (5)
When the only or last endorsement is an
endorsement in blank.
Reason for this is that the forging tends to
bring such documents into discredit and the
offense produces a lack of confidence on the
part of the holders of said documents to the
prejudice of society and of the State.
ARTICLE
167
COUNTERFEITING,
IMPORTING,
AND
UTTERING
INSTRUMENTS NOT PAYABLE TO BEARER
Elements:
(1) There is an Instrument payable to order
or other document of credit not payable to
bearer;
(2) Offender either Forged, imported or
uttered such instrument;
(3) In case of uttering, he Connived with the
forger or importer.
An instrument is payable to order where it is
drawn payable to the order of a specified
person or to him or his order. This covers
instruments or other documents of credit
issued by a foreign government or bank.

Forgery of currency is punished so as to

maintain integrity of the currency and thus
insure the credit standing of the government.
Connivance is not required in uttering if the
utterer is the forger.
ACTS OF FORGERY
ARTICLE 168 - ILLEGAL POSSESSION
AND USE OF FALSE TREASURY OR BANK
NOTES AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS OF
CREDIT
Elements:
(1) Any treasury or bank note or certificate or
other obligation and security: (a) Payable to
bearer, or any instrument payable to order or
other document of credit not payable to
bearer is (b) Forged or falsified by another
person;
(2) Offender Knows that any of those
instruments is forged or falsified;
(3) He either (a) Uses any of such forged or
falsified instruments; or (b) Possesses with
intent to use any of such forged or falsified
instruments.
The rule is that if a person had in his
possession a falsified document and he
made use of it, taking advantage of it and
profiting thereby, the presumption is that he
is the material author of the falsification.
Possession of false treasury or bank notes
alone is not a criminal offense.
Intent to use is sufficient to consummate the
crime when the offender is in possession of
false or falsified notes or obligations. [People
vs. Sendaydiego, (1978)]
The accused must have knowledge of the
forged character of the note.
ARTICLE 169 - HOW FORGERY IS
COMMITTED
(1) By Giving to a treasury or bank note or
any instrument payable to bearer or to order
mentioned therein, the appearance of a true
and genuine document;
(2) By Erasing, substituting, counterfeiting,
or altering by any means the figures, letters,
words, or sign contained therein.
Forgery
includes
falsification
and
counterfeiting.
For possession of false treasury or bank note
to constitute a criminal offense, it must be
with intent to use.
The essence of forgery is giving a document
the appearance of a true and genuine
document.
Not any alteration of a letter, number, figure
or design would amount to forgery. At most,
it would only be frustrated forgery.
Forgery can be committed through the use of
genuine paper bills that have been
withdrawn from circulation, by giving them

the appearance of some other true and

genuine document. [People vs. Galano]
ACTS OF FALSIFICATION
ARTICLE 170 - FALSIFICATION OF
LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENTS
Elements:
(1) There is a Bill, resolution or ordinance
enacted or approved or pending approval by
either House of the Legislature or any
provincial board or municipal council; (2)
Offender Alters the same;
(3) He has No proper authority therefor;
(4) The alteration has Changed the meaning
of the documents.
The writing must be:
(1) complete in itself; and
(2) capable of extinguishing an obligation or
creating rights; or
(3) capable of becoming evidence of the
facts stated therein.
Five classes of falsification:
(1) Falsification of legislative documents;
(2) Falsification of a document by a public
officer, employee or notary public;
(3) Falsification of a public or official, or
commercial
documents
by
a
private
individual;
(4) Falsification of a private document by any
person; (5) Falsification of wireless, telegraph
and telephone messages.
Falsification vs Forgery
Forgery - As used in Article 169, forgery
refers to the falsification and counterfeiting
of treasury or bank notes or any instruments
payable to bearer or to order
Falsification - The commission of any of the 8
acts mentioned in Article 171 on legislative
(only the act if making alteration) public or
official, commercial or private documents or
wireless or telegraph messages.
ARTICLE 171 - FALSIFICATION BY PUBLIC
OFFICER, EMPLOYEE OR NOTARY OR
ECCLESIASTICAL MINISTER Elements:
(1) Offender is a Public officer, employee, or
notary public;
(2) He Takes advantage of his official
position;
(3) He falsifies a document by committing
any of the following acts:
(a)
Counterfeiting
or
imitating
any
handwriting, signature or rubric;
(b) Causing it to appear that persons have
participated in any act or proceeding when
they did not in fact so participate;
(c) Attributing to persons who have
participated in an act or proceeding
statements other than those in fact made by
them;
(d) Making untruthful statements in a
narration of facts; (e) Altering true dates;

(f) Making any alteration or intercalation in a

genuine document which changes its
meaning;
(g) Issuing in an authenticated form:
(i) A document purporting to be a copy
of an original document
(ii) When no such original exists, or
(iii) Including in such a copy a
statement contrary to, or different
from, that of the genuine original;
(h) Intercalating any instrument or note
relative to the issuance thereof in a protocol,
registry, or official book.
1st Element: Persons Liable under this Article
Under this article, only a public officer,
employee or notary public, or ecclesiastical
minister can be the offender.
The ecclesiastical minister is liable with
respect to any record or document that its
falsification may affect the civil status of
persons.
2nd Element: Offender Take Advantage of his
Official Position Offender takes advantage of
his official position in falsifying a document
when:
(1) He has the duty to make or prepare, or
intervene in the preparation of the
document; or
(2) He has the official custody of the
document he falsifies.
3rd Element: Offender Falsifies a Document A
document is any written statement by which
a right or status is established or an
obligation is extinguished.
PAR 1: Counterfeiting or imitating any
handwriting, signature or rubric. 2 ways of
committing
falsification
under
this
paragraph:
(1) Counterfeiting, which is imitating any
handwriting, signature or rubric
(a) There should be an intent to imitate, or
an attempt to imitate
(b) Two signatures, the genuine and the
forged, should bear some resemblance.
(2) Feigning, which is simulating a signature,
handwriting or rubric out of one which does
not actually exist.
PAR 2: Causing it to appear that persons
have participated in any act or proceeding
when they did not in fact so participate.
Two Requisites:
(1) Offender caused it to appear in a
document that a person/s participated in an
act or proceeding.
(2) Such person/s did not in fact participate.
PAR 3: Attributing to persons who have
participated in an act or proceeding
statements other than those in fact made by
them
Three Requisites:

(1) Person/s participated in an act or

proceeding
(2) Such person/s made statements in that
act or proceeding
(3) Offender, in making a document,
attributed to such person/s statements other
than those they in fact made.
PAR 4: Making untruthful statements in a
narration of facts
Four Requisites:
(1) Offender makes in a document
statements in a narration of facts
(2) He has a legal obligation to disclose truth
of facts
(3) Facts narrated are absolutely false
(4) Perversion of truth in the narration was
made with the wrongful intent of injuring a
third person.
There must be narration of facts, not
conclusion of law. There should be a legal
obligation to disclose the truth. [Beradio vs.
CA]
The person making the narration of facts
must be aware of the falsity of facts narrated
by him. The narration of facts must be
absolutely false. If there is some colorable
truth in such statements, crime of

falsification is not deemed to have been

committed.
The existence of a wrongful intent to injure a
third person is immaterial in falsification of a
public document. [Siquian vs. People]
There can be falsification by omission. An
assistant bookkeeper is guilty of falsification
by intentionally not putting a record in his
personal account of chits and destroyed
them so he could avoid paying the same.
[People vs. Dizon]
PAR 5: Altering true dates
(1) The date must be essential
(2) The alteration of the date must affect the
veracity of the documents or the effects
thereof (such as dates of birth, marriage, or
death).
PAR 6: Making any alteration or intercalation
in a genuine document which changes its
meaning
Four Requisites:
(1) There be an alteration (change) or
intercalation (insertion) on a document.
(2) It was made on a genuine document.
(3) Alteration or intercalation has changed
the meaning of the document.
(4) Change made the document speak
something false.