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Act No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 163

Act No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 163

Making and importing and uttering false coins.

Article 163

Art. 163. Making and importing and uttering false coins.—Any person who makes, imports, or utters false coins, in connivance with counterfeiters or importers, shall suffer: Prision mayor in its minimum and medium periods and a fine not to exceed 10,000 pesos, if the counterfeited coin be gold or silver coin of the United States or of the Philippine Islands. Prision correccional in its minimum and medium periods and a fine not to exceed 2,000 pesos, if the counterfeited coin be any of the minor coinage of the United States or of the Philippine Islands. Prision correccional in its minimum period and a fine not to exceed 1,000 pesos, if the counterfeited coin be currency of a foreign country.

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