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Act No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 169

Act No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 169

How forgery is committed.

Article 169

ART. 169. How forgery is committed.—The forgery referred to in this section may be committed by any of the following means: By giving to a treasury or bank note or any instrument payable to bearer or to order mentioned therein, the appearance of a true and genuine document. By erasing, substituting, counterfeiting or altering by any means the figures, letters, words or signs contained therein. SECTION FOUR.—Falsification of legislative, public, commercial, and private documents, and wireless, telegraph, and telephone messages

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CitationAct No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 169 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

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