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[ Act No. 2017, January 26, 1911 ]

AN ACT PROVIDING THAT THE WORD "EMBEZZLEMENT" AS USED IN SECTION FORTY OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THREE, AS AMENDED, SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO INCLUDE THE OFFENSE OF "ESTAFA."

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Legislature, that:

Section 1. The word "embezzlement" as used in section forty of Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-three, entitled "An Act to incorporate the  City of Manila,"  as amended by section ten of Act Numbered Two hundred and sixty-seven, shall be construed to include the offense of "estafa" punished by the Penal Code.

Section 2.1aшphi1 This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, January 26, 1911.

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