Article 176Manufacturing and possession of instruments or implements for falsification

Manufacturing and possession of instruments or implements for falsification.

-The penalty of prision correccional in its medium and maximum periods and a fine not to exceed 10,000 pesos shall be imposed upon any person who shall make or introduce into the Philippine Islands any stamps, dies, marks, or other instruments or implements intended to be used in the commission of the offenses of counterfeiting or falsification mentioned in the preceding sections of this chapter.

Any person who, with the intention of using them, shall have in his possession any of the instruments or implements mentioned in the preceding paragraph, shall suffer the penalty next lower in degree than that provided therein.

CHAPTER TWO

OTHER FALSITIES

SECTION ONE.-Usurpation of authority, rank, title, and improper use of names, uniforms and insignia insignia