AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE.
Year:
1949
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 14, 1949
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This act amends Article 177 of the Revised Penal Code, which pertains to the usurpation of authority or official functions. It establishes penalties for individuals who falsely represent themselves as officers or agents of the government.Full Text
[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 379, June 14, 1949 ]
AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. Article one hundred and seventy-seven of Act Numbered Thirty-eight hundred and fifteen, otherwise known as the Revised Penal Code, is amended to read as follows:
"ART. 177. Usurpation of authority or official functions. — Any person who shall knowingly and falsely represent himself to be an officer, agent or representative of any department or agency of the Philippine Government or of any foreign government, or who, under pretense of official position, shall perform any act pertaining to any person in authority or public officer of the Philippine Government or of any foreign government, or any agency thereof, without being lawfully entitled to do so, shall suffer the penalty of prision correctional in its minimum and medium periods."
Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved, June 14, 1949.
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