Article 161

Act No. 3815 · Revised Penal CodeKey provision

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Counterfeiting the great seal of the Government of the Philippine Islands, forging the signature or stamp of the Chief Executive.

Official text — Act No. 3815

Counterfeiting the great seal of the Government of the Philippine Islands, forging the signature or stamp of the Chief Executive.

-The penalty of reclusion temporal shall be imposed upon any person who shall forge the Great Seal of the Government of the Philippine Islands or the signature or stamp of the Chief Executive.

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

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