Act No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 180

False testimony against a defendant.

Article 180

ART. 180. False testimony against a defendant.—Any person who shall give false testimony against the defendant in any criminal case shall suffer: The penalty of reclusion temporal, if the defendant in said case shall have been sentenced to death; The penalty of prision mayor, if the defendant shall have been sentenced to reclusion temporal or perpetua; The penalty of prision correccional, if the defendant shall have been sentenced to any other afflictive penalty; and The penalty of arresto mayor, if the defendant shall have been sentenced to a correctional penalty or a fine, or shall have been acquitted. In cases provided in subdivisions 3 and 4 of this article the offender shall further suffer a fine not to exceed 1,000 pesos.

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