Removal, concealment or destruction of documents.
Article 226
Art. 226. Removal, concealment or destruction of documents.—Any public officer who shall remove, destroy or conceal documents or papers officially entrusted to him, shall suffer: The penalty of prision mayor and a fine not exceeding 1,000 pesos, whenever serious damage shall have been caused thereby to a third party or to the public interest. The penalty of prision correccional in its minimum and medium periods and a fine not exceeding 1,000 pesos, whenever the damage caused to a third party or to the public interest shall not have been serious. In either case, the additional penalty of temporary special disqualification in its maximum period to perpetual special disqualification shall be imposed.