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REPUBLIC ACTS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4202 - AN ACT TO
AMEND ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE
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Section
1. Article One Hundred Sixty-three of the Revised
Penal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "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 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. 2. 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. 3. 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." Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved: June 19, 1965 |
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