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Act No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 218

Act No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 218

Failure of accountable officer to render accounts.

Article 218

ART. 218. Failure of accountable officer to render accounts.—Any public officer, whether in the service or separated therefrom by resignation or any other cause, who is required by law or regulation to render account to the Insular Auditor, or to a provincial auditor and who fails to do so for a period of two months after such accounts should be rendered, shall be punished by prision correccional in its minimum period, or by a fine ranging from 200 to 6,000 pesos, or both.

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