[ Act No. 3244, November 28, 1925 ]
AN ACT TO AMEND THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLES FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN AND FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR OF THE PENAL CODE BY IMPOSING MORE SEVERE PENALTIES IN CERTAIN CASES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Legislature assembled and by the authority of the same:
Section 1. Article five hundred and eighteen of the Penal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Art. 518. Any person guilty of theft shall suffer:'
"1. The penalty of presidio mayor in its minimum and medium degrees, if the value of the thing stolen shall exceed fifty thousand pesetas.
"2. The penalty of presidio correccional in its medium and maximum degrees, if the value of the thing stolen shall exceed six thousand two hundred and fifty pesetas, but shall not exceed fifty thousand pesetas.
"3. The penalty of presidio correccional in its minimum and medium degrees, if the value of the thing stolen shall exceed one thousand two hundred and fifty pesetas, but shall not exceed six thousand two hundred and fifty pesetas.
"4. The penalty of arresto mayor in its maximum degree to presidio correccional in its minimum degree, if the value of the thing stolen shall exceed two hundred and fifty pesetas, but shall not exceed one thousand two hundred and fifty pesetas.
"5. The penalty of arresto mayor to its full extent, if the value of the thing stolen shall exceed twenty-five pesetas, but shall not exceed two hundred and fifty pesetas.
"6. The penalty of arresto mayor in its minimum and medium degrees, if the value of the thing stolen shall not exceed twenty-five pesetas.
"The penalty for the theft of cereals, fruits, or firewood not exceeding sixty-five pesetas in value, shall be a fine of not less than three hundred and twenty-five and not more than five hundred pesetas."
Section 2. Article five hundred and thirty-four of the Penal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Art. 534. Any person who shall defraud another in the substance, quantity, or quality of anything which he shall deliver to the latter by virtue of an obligation to do so shall suffer :
"1. The penalty of arresto mayor in its minimum and medium degrees, if the fraud shall not exceed two hundred ' and fifty pesetas.ℒαwρhi৷
"2. A penalty ranging from arresto mayor in its medium degree to presidio correccional in its minimum degree, when the fraud is not less than two hundred and fifty and not more than six thousand two hundred and fifty pesetas.
"3. The penalty of presidio correccional in its minimum and medium degrees, when the fraud is not less than six thousand two hundred and fifty pesetas and not more than fifty thousand pesetas.
"4. The penalty of presidio correctional in its maximum degree to presidio mayor in its minimum degree, when the fraud exceeds fifty thousand pesetas."
Section 3. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved. November 28, 1925.
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