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Article 160

Act No. 3815 · Revised Penal CodeKey provision

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Commission of another crime during service of penalty imposed for another previous offense-Penalty.

Official text — Act No. 3815

Commission of another crime during service of penalty imposed for another previous offense-Penalty.

-Besides the provisions of rule 5 of article 62, any person who shall commit a felony after having been convicted by final judgment, before beginning to serve such sentence, or while serving the same, shall be punished by the maximum period of the penalty prescribed by law for the new felony.

Any convict of the class referred to in this article, who is not a habitual criminal, shall be pardoned at the age of seventy years if he shall have already served out his original sentence, or when he shall complete it after reaching said age, unless by reason of his conduct or other circumstances he shall not be worthy of such clemency.

TITLE FOUR

CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC INTEREST

CHAPTER ONE

FORGERIES

SECTION ONE.-Forging the seal of the Government of the Philippine Islands, the signature or stamp of the Chief Executive

Source: lawphil.net (Act No. 3815 as amended)

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