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AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE THREE HUNDRED AND TEN OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AS AMENDED

Year:

1947

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Other

Date Approved:

June 7, 1947

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This act amends Article 310 of the Revised Penal Code, specifically addressing the penalties for the crime of qualified theft. It increases the penalties for theft committed by domestic servants or with grave abuse of confidence.

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REPUBLIC ACT No. 120             June 7, 1947

AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE THREE HUNDRED AND TEN OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AS AMENDED

Section 1. Article three hundred and ten of Act Numbered Thirty-eight hundred and fifteen, otherwise known as the Revised Penal Code, as amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred and seventeen, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 7, 1947


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