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False Testimony
Art. 180. False testimony against a defendant. — Any person who shall give
false testimony against the defendant in any criminal case shall suffer:
1. The penalty of reclusion temporal, if the defendant in said case shall have
been sentenced to death;
2. The penalty of prision mayor, if the defendant shall have been sentenced
to reclusion temporal or reclusion perpetua;
3. The penalty of prision correccional, if the defendant shall have been
sentenced to any other afflictive penalty; and
4. The penalty of arresto mayor, if the defendant shall have been sentenced
to a correctional penalty or a fine, or shall have been acquitted.
ELEMENTS
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4. The defendant against whom the false testimony is given is either
acquitted or convicted in a final judgment
Penalty depends upon the sentence of the defendant against whom false
testimony is given.
The witness who gave false testimony is liable even if his testimony was not
considered by the court.
Art. 181. False testimony favorable to the defendants. — Any person who
shall give false testimony in favor of the defendant in a criminal case, shall
suffer the penalties of arresto mayor in its maximum period to prision
correccional in its minimum period a fine not to exceed 1,000 pesos, if the
prosecution is for a felony punishable by an afflictive penalty, and the
penalty of arresto mayor in any other case.
False testimony is punished not because of the effect it actually produces, but
because if its tendency to favor or to prejudice the defendant.
The false testimony favorable to the defendant need not benefit the
defendant. It is sufficient that the false testimony was given with intent to
favor the defendant.
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the commission of a grave offense, he is liable. If he merely denies the
commission of the crime or his participation therein, he should not be
prosecuted for false testimony.
Art. 182. False testimony in civil cases. — Any person found guilty of false
testimony in a civil case shall suffer the penalty of prision correccional in its
minimum period and a fine not to exceed 6,000 pesos, if the amount in
controversy shall exceed 5,000 pesos, and the penalty of arresto mayor in
its maximum period to prision correccional in its minimum period and a
fine not to exceed 1,000 pesos, if the amount in controversy shall not
exceed said amount or cannot be estimated.
ELEMENTS
Article 182 is not applicable when the false testimony is given in special
proceedings. It applies only to ordinary civil cases.
Art. 183. False testimony in other cases and perjury in solemn affirmation.
— The penalty of arresto mayor in its maximum period to prision
correccional in its minimum period shall be imposed upon any person, who
knowingly makes untruthful statements and not being included in the
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provisions of the next preceding articles, shall testify under oath, or make
an affidavit, upon any material matter before a competent person
authorized to administer an oath in cases in which the law so requires.
ELEMENTS OF PERJURY
MATERIAL MATTER – the main fact which is the subject of the inquiry or any
circumstance which tends to prove that fact or any fact or circumstance
which tends to corroborate or strengthen the testimony relative to the
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subject of inquiry, or which legitimately affects the credit of any witness who
testifies.
Art. 184. Offering false testimony in evidence. — Any person who shall
knowingly offer in evidence a false witness or testimony in any judicial or
official proceeding, shall be punished as guilty of false testimony and shall
suffer the respective penalties provided in this section.
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ELEMENTS
The accused shall be punished a guilty of false testimony and shall suffer the
respective penalties provided for false testimony or perjury.
Chapter Three
FRAUDS
Section One
Machinations, monopolies and combinations
Art. 185. Machinations in public auctions. — Any person who shall solicit
any gift or promise as a consideration for refraining from taking part in any
public auction, and any person who shall attempt to cause bidders to stay
away from an auction by threats, gifts, promises, or any other artifice, with
intent to cause the reduction of the price of the thing auctioned, shall suffer
the penalty of prision correccional in its minimum period and a fine ranging
from 10 to 50 per centum of the value of the thing auctioned.
ACTS PUNISHABLE
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2. Accused solicited any gift or a promise from any of the bidders
3. Such gift or promise was the consideration for his refraining from
taking part in that public auction
4. The accused has the intent to cause the reduction of the price of the
thing auctioned
The threat need not be effective nor the offer or gift accepted for the crime
to arise.
1. Any person who shall enter into any contract or agreement or shall
take part in any conspiracy or combination in the form of a trust
or otherwise, in restraint of trade or commerce or to prevent by
artificial means free competition in the market;
2. Any person who shall monopolize any merchandise or object of
trade or commerce, or shall combine with any other person or
persons to monopolize and merchandise or object in order to alter
the price thereof by spreading false rumors or making use of any
other article to restrain free competition in the market;
3. Any person who, being a manufacturer, producer, or processor of
any merchandise or object of commerce or an importer of any
merchandise or object of commerce from any foreign country,
either as principal or agent, wholesaler or retailer, shall combine,
conspire or agree in any manner with any person likewise engaged
in the manufacture, production, processing, assembling or
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importation of such merchandise or object of commerce or with
any other persons not so similarly engaged for the purpose of
making transactions prejudicial to lawful commerce, or of
increasing the market price in any part of the Philippines, of any
such merchandise or object of commerce manufactured,
produced, processed, assembled in or imported into the
Philippines, or of any article in the manufacture of which such
manufactured, produced, or imported merchandise or object of
commerce is used.
If the offense mentioned in this article affects any food substance, motor
fuel or lubricants, or other articles of prime necessity, the penalty shall be
that of prision mayor in its maximum and medium periods it being
sufficient for the imposition thereof that the initial steps have been taken
toward carrying out the purposes of the combination.
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By monopolizing any merchandise or object of trade or commerce, or by
combining with any other person or persons to monopolize said merchandise
or object in order to alter the prices thereof by spreading false rumors or
making use of any other article to restrain free competition in the market
The person liable is the (1) manufacturer, (2) producer, (3) processor, or (4)
importer of any merchandise or object of commerce
The crime is committed by (1) combining, (2) conspiring or (3) agreeing with
any person
1. Hoarding
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2. Profiteering
3. Cartel
Section Two
Frauds in Commerce and Industry
1. Gold
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2. Silver
3. Other precious metals
4. Their alloys
ELEMENTS
ARTICLE 188 AND 189 OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE WERE REPEALED BY
R.A. NO. 8293 (INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES).
1. Any person who shall substitute the trade name or trade-mark of some
other manufacturer or dealer or a colorable imitation thereof, for the
trademark of the real manufacturer or dealer upon any article of commerce
and shall sell the same;
2. Any person who shall sell such articles of commerce or offer the same
for sale, knowing that the trade-name or trade- mark has been fraudulently
used in such goods as described in the preceding subdivision;
3. Any person who, in the sale or advertising of his services, shall use or
substitute the service mark of some other person, or a colorable imitation
of such mark; or
4. Any person who, knowing the purpose for which the trade-name, trade-
mark, or service mark of a person is to be used, prints, lithographs, or in
any way reproduces such trade-name, trade-mark, or service mark, or a
colorable imitation thereof, for another person, to enable that other
person to fraudulently use such trade-name, trade-mark, or service mark
on his own goods or in connection with the sale or advertising of his
services.
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A trade-name or trade-mark as herein used is a word or words, name, title,
symbol, emblem, sign or device, or any combination thereof used as an
advertisement, sign, label, poster, or otherwise, for the purpose of
enabling the public to distinguish the business of the person who owns and
uses said trade-name or trade-mark.
1. Any person who, in unfair competition and for the purposes of deceiving
or defrauding another of his legitimate trade or the public in general, shall
sell his goods giving them the general appearance of goods of another
manufacturer or dealer, either as to the goods themselves, or in the
wrapping of the packages in which they are contained or the device or
words thereon or in any other features of their appearance which would
be likely to induce the public to believe that the goods offered are those of
a manufacturer or dealer other than the actual manufacturer or dealer or
shall give other persons a chance or opportunity to do the same with a like
purpose.
2. Any person who shall affix, apply, annex or use in connection with any
goods or services or any container or containers for goods a false
designation of origin or any false description or representation and shall
sell such goods or services.
3. Any person who by means of false or fraudulent representation or
declarations orally or in writing or by other fraudulent means shall procure
from the patent office or from any other office which may hereafter be
established by law for the purposes the registration of a trade-name, trade-
mark or service mark or of himself as the owner of such trade-name, trade-
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mark or service mark or an entry respecting a trade-name, trade-mark or
service mark.
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3. The use of the mark or its colorable imitation by the alleged
infringer results in “likelihood of confusion”
UNFAIR COMPETITION
A person who has identified in the mind of the public the goods he
manufactures or deals in, his business or services from those of others,
whether or not a registered mark is employed, has a property right in the
goodwill of the said goods, business or services so identified, which will be
protected in the same manner as other property rights.
Any person who shall employ deception or any other means contrary to good
faith by which he shall pass off the goods manufactured by him or in which
he deals, or his business, or services for those of the one having established
such goodwill, or who shall commit any acts calculated to produce said result,
shall be guilty of unfair competition.
In particular, and without in any way limiting the scope of protection against
unfair competition, the following shall be deemed guilty of unfair
competition:
a. Any person, who is selling his goods and gives them the general
appearance of goods of another manufacturer or dealer, either as
to the goods themselves or in the wrapping of the packages in which
they are contained, or the devices or words thereon, or in any other
feature of their appearance, which would be likely to influence
purchasers to believe that the goods offered are those of a
manufacturer or dealer, other than the actual manufacturer or
dealer, or who otherwise clothes the goods with such appearance
as shall deceive the public and defraud another of his legitimate
trade, or any subsequent vendor of such goods or any agent of any
vendor engaged in selling such goods with a like purpose;
b. Any person who by any artifice, or device, or who employs any other
means calculated to induce the false belief that such person is
offering the services of another who has identified such services in
the mind of the public
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c. Any person who shall make any false statement in the course of
trade or who shall commit any other act contrary to good faith of a
nature calculated to discredit the goods, business or services of
another
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