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Act No. 1754 Section 20

Act No. 1754 Section 20

Section 20

SEC. 20. Every person who, within the Philippine Islands, haying control, custody, or possession of any plate, or any part thereof, from which has been printed or may be printed, any counterfeited note, bond, obligation, security, in whole or in part, of any foreign Government, bank, or corporation, except by lawful authority, or who uses such plate, or knowingly permits or suffers the same to be used, in counterfeiting such foreign obligation, or any part thereof, and every person who engraves, or causes or procures to be engraved, or assists in engraving, any plate in the likeness or similitude of any designed for the printing of the genuine issues of the obligations of any foreign Government, bank, or corporation, and every person who prints, photographs, or in any other manner makes, executes, or sells, or causes to be printed, photographed, made, executed, or sold or aids in printing, photographing, making, executing, or selling, any engraving, photograph, print, or impression in the likeness of any genuine note, bond, obligation, or other security, or any part, thereof, of any foreign Government, bank or corporation, or who brings into the Philippine Islands any counterfeit plate, engraving, photograph, print, or other impressions of the notes, bonds, obligations, or other securities of any foreign Government, bank", or corporation, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand pesos, or by imprisonment for not more than five years, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

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CitationAct No. 1754 Section 20 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

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

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