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Commonwealth Act No. 157 (CA 157) — An Act Amending Article Three Hundred and Fifteen, Paragraph Two, of the Revised Penal Code.

Commonwealth Act No. 157 (CA 157) — An Act Amending Article Three Hundred and Fifteen, Paragraph Two, of the Revised Penal Code.

Commonwealth Act No. 157 · Commonwealth Act · Approved November 9, 1936 · 2 sections

Data as of July 4, 2026 · Compiled from an official source version. Later amendments or repeals may not be reflected; the official text prevails. · Read the official text ↗

Section 1

SECTION 1. "Article three hundred and fifteen, paragraph two, of the Revised Penal Code is hereby amended by adding thereto subsection (e), to read as follows: "(e) By obtaining any food, refreshment or accommodation at a hotel, inn, restaurant, boarding house, lodging house, or apartment house and the like, without paying therefor, with intent to defraud the proprietor or manager thereof, or by obtaining credit at a hotel, inn, restaurant, boarding house, lodging house, or apartment house by the use of any false pretense, or by abandoning or surreptitiously removing any part of his baggage from a hotel, inn, restaurant, boarding house, lodging house, or apartment house after obtaining credit, food, refreshment, or accommodation therein without paying for his food, refreshment or accommodation."

Section 2

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Enacted, without Executive approval, November 9, 1936.

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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