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Act No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 176

Act No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 176

Manufacturing and possession of instruments or implements for falsification.

Article 176

ART. 176. Manufacturing and possession of instruments or implements for falsification.—The penalty of prision correccional in its medium and maximum periods and a fine not to exceed 10,000 pesos shall be imposed upon any person who shall make or introduce into the Philippine Islands any stamps, dies, marks, or other instruments or implements intended to be used in the commission of the offenses of counterfeiting or falsification mentioned in the preceding sections of this chapter. Any person who, with the intention of using them, shall have in his possession any of the instruments or implements mentioned in the preceding paragraph, shall suffer the penalty next lower in degree than that provided therein.

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CitationAct No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 176 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

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