R.A. 4885
Year:
1967
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 17, 1967
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This Act amends the provisions related to the issuance of checks under the Revised Penal Code, specifically addressing fraudulent acts such as postdating a check or issuing a check without sufficient funds. It establishes that failing to cover a check within three days of notice constitutes prima facie evidence of deceit.Full Text
REPUBLIC ACT No. 4885
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO, PARAGRAPH (d), ARTICLE THREE HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE. (re: issuance of checks.)
Section 1. Section Two, Paragraph (d), Article Three hundred fifteen of Act Numbered Thirty-eight hundred and fifteen is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 2. By means of any of the following false pretenses or fraudulent acts executed prior to or simultaneously with the commission of the fraud:
Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 17, 1967
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