Revised Penal Code of The Philippines
Revised Penal Code of The Philippines
Book Two
Articles 114-367
Title Four
CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC INTEREST
Chapter One
FORGERIES
The same penalty shall be imposed upon any ecclesiastical minister who shall
commit any of the offenses enumerated in the preceding paragraphs of this article,
with respect to any record or document of such character that its falsification may
affect the civil status of persons.
Art. 172. Falsification by private individual and use of falsified documents. — The
penalty of prision correccional in its medium and maximum periods and a fine of
not more than P5,000 pesos shall be imposed upon:
1. Any private individual who shall commit any of the falsifications enumerated in
the next preceding article in any public or official document or letter of exchange
or any other kind of commercial document; and
2. Any person who, to the damage of a third party, or with the intent to cause
such damage, shall in any private document commit any of the acts of falsification
enumerated in the next preceding article.
Any person who shall knowingly introduce in evidence in any judicial proceeding
or to the damage of another or who, with the intent to cause such damage, shall
use any of the false documents embraced in the next preceding article, or in any
of the foregoing subdivisions of this article, shall be punished by the penalty next
lower in degree.