Title Three (26)
Crimes Against Public Order
Art. 134. Rebellion or insurrection
Art. 134-A. Coup d’etat
(Art. 135. Penalty for rebellion, insurrection or coup
d’etat)
Art. 136. Conspiracy or proposal to commit coup
d’etat, rebellion or insurrection
Art. 137. Disloyalty of public officers or employees
Art. 138. Inciting to rebellion or insurrection
Art. 139. Sedition
(Art. 140. Penalty for sedition)
Art. 141. Conspiracy to commit sedition
Art. 142. Inciting to sedition
Art. 143. Acts tending to prevent the meeting of the
Assembly and similar bodies
Art. 144. Disturbance of proceedings
Art. 145. Violation of parliamentary immunity
Art. 146. Illegal assemblies
Art. 147. Illegal associations
Art. 148. Direct assaults
Art. 149. Indirect assaults
Art. 150. Disobedience to summons issued by the
National Assembly, its committees or subcommittees,
by the Constitutional Commission, its committees,
subcommittees, or divisions
Art. 151. Resistance and disobedience to a person in
authority or the agents of such person
(Art. 152. Persons in authority and agents of persons in
authority - Who shall be deemed as such)
Art. 153. Tumults and other disturbances of public
order – Tumultuous disturbance or interruption liable
to cause disturbance
Art. 154. Unlawful use of means of publication and
unlawful utterances
Art. 155. Alarms and scandals
Art. 156. Delivering prisoners from jail
Art. 157. Evasion of service of sentence
Art. 158. Evasion of service of sentence on the
occasion of disorders, conflagrations, earthquakes, or
other calamities
Art. 159. Other cases of evasion of service of
sentence
Art. 160. Commission of another crime during service
of penalty imposed for another previous offense (–
Penalty)
Title Four (26)
Crimes Against Public Interest
Art. 161. Counterfeiting the great seal of the
Government of the Philippine Islands, forging the
signature or stamp of the Chief Executive
Art. 162. Using forged signature or counterfeit
Art. 163. Making and importing and uttering false
coins
Art. 164. Mutilation of coins – Importation and
utterance of mutilated coins
Art. 165. Selling of false or mutilated coins, without
connivance
Art. 166. Forging treasury or bank notes or other
documents payable to bearer; importing, and
uttering such false or forged notes and documents
Art. 167. Counterfeiting, importing, and uttering
instruments not payable to bearer
Art. 168. Illegal possession and use of false treasury or
bank notes and other instruments of credit
(Art. 169. How forgery is committed)
Art. 170. Falsification of legislative documents
Art. 171. Falsification by public officer, employee; or
notary or ecclesiastical minister
Art. 172. Falsification by private individuals and use of
falsified documents
Art. 173. Falsification of wireless, cable, telegraph and
telephone messages, and use of said falsified
messages
Art. 174. False medical certificates, false certificates
of merits or service, etc.
Art. 175. Using false certificates
Art. 176. Manufacturing and possession of instruments
or implements for falsification
Art. 177. Usurpation of authority or official functions
Art. 178. Using fictitious name and concealing true
name
Art. 179. Illegal use of uniforms or insignia
Art. 180. False testimony against a defendant
Art. 181. False testimony favorable to the defendant
Art. 182. False testimony in civil cases
Art. 183. False testimony in other cases and perjury in
solemn affirmation
Art. 184. Offering false testimony in evidence
Art. 185. Machinations in public auctions
Art. 186. Monopolies and combinations in restraint of
trade
Art. 187. Importation and disposition of falsely marked
articles or merchandise made of gold, silver, or other
precious metal or their alloys
[Art. 188. Substituting and altering trademarks, trade
names, or service marks*]
[Art. 189. Unfair competition, fraudulent registration of
trade name, trademark, or service mark, fraudulent
designation of origin, and false description*]
*Superseded by the The Intellectual Property Code (R.A. No. 8293), January
1, 1998
Title Six (3)
Crimes Against Public Morals
[Art. 195. What acts are punishable in gambling]*
[Art. 196. Importation, sale, and possession of lottery
tickets or advertisements]*
[Art. 197. Betting in sports contests]*
[Art. 198. Illegal betting on horse races]*
[Art. 199. Illegal cockfighting]*
Art. 200. Grave scandal
Art. 201. Immoral doctrines, obscene publications powers
and exhibitions, and indecent shows Art. 238. Abandonment of office or position
Art. 202. Vagrants and prostitutes; (penalty) Art. 239. Usurpation of legislative powers
Art. 240. Usurpation of executive functions
*Repealed by Pres. Decree No. 1602 as far as inconsistent provisions are Art. 241. Usurpation of judicial functions
concerned
Art. 242. Disobeying requests for disqualification
Title Seven (42) Art. 243. Orders or requests by executive officers to
Crimes Committed by Public Officers any judicial authority
Art. 244. Unlawful appointments
(Art. 203. Who are public officers) Art. 245. Abuses against chastity
Art. 204. Knowingly rendering unjust judgment
Art. 205. Judgment rendered through negligence Title Eight (21)
Art. 206. Unjust interlocutory order Crime Against Persons
Art. 207. Malicious delay in the administration of
Art. 246. Parricide
justice
Art. 247. Death or physical injuries inflicted under
Art. 208. Prosecution of offenses; negligence and
exceptional circumstances
tolerance
Art. 248. Murder
Art. 209. Betrayal of trust by an attorney or solicitor
Art. 210. Direct bribery Art. 249. Homicide
Art. 211. Indirect bribery (Art. 250. Penalty for frustrated parricide, murder, or
Art. 211-A. Qualified bribery homicide)
Art. 212. Corruption of public officials Art. 251. Death caused in a tumultuous affray
Art. 213. Fraud against public treasury and similar Art. 252. Physical injuries inflicted in a tumultuous
offenses affray
Art. 253. Giving assistance to suicide
Art. 214. Other frauds
Art. 254. Discharge of firearms
Art. 215. Prohibited transactions
Art. 255. Infanticide
Art. 216. Possession of prohibited interest by a public
Art. 256. Intentional abortion
officer
Art. 257. Unintentional abortion
Art. 217. Malversation of public funds or property –
(Presumption of malversation) Art. 258. Abortion practiced by the woman herself or
Art. 218. Failure of accountable officer to render by her parents
accounts Art. 259. Abortion practiced by a physician or midwife
Art. 219. Failure of a responsible public officer to and dispensing of abortives
render accounts before leaving the country Art. 260. Responsibility of participants in a duel
Art. 220. Illegal use of public funds or property Art. 261. Challenging to a duel
Art. 221. Failure to make delivery of public funds or Art. 262. Mutilation
Art. 263. Serious physical injuries
property
Art. 264. Administering injurious substances or
(Art. 222. Officers included in the preceding
beverages
provisions)
Art. 265. Less serious physical injuries
Art. 223. Conniving with or consenting to evasion
Art. 266. Slight physical injuries and maltreatment
Art. 224. Evasion through negligence
Art. 225. Escape of prisoner under the custody of a Art. 266-A. Rape, When and How Committed
person not a public officer (Art. 266-B. Penalties)
Art. 226. Removal, concealment or destruction of (Art. 266-C. Effect of pardon)
documents (Art. 266-D. Presumptions)
Art. 227. Officer breaking seal
Art. 228. Opening of closed documents
Art. 229. Revelation of secrets by an officer
Art. 230. Public officer revealing secrets of private
individual
Art. 231. Open disobedience
Art. 232. Disobedience to order of superior officer,
when said order was suspended by inferior officer
Art. 233. Refusal of assistance
Art. 234. Refusal to discharge elective office
Art. 235. Maltreatment of prisoners
Art. 236. Anticipation of duties of a public office
Art. 237. Prolonging performance of duties and