Article 184Offering false testimony in evidence

Act No. 3815 · Revised Penal CodeKey provision

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Offering false testimony in evidence: knowingly presenting a false witness or false testimony in a court or official proceeding is punished as false testimony.

Official text — Act No. 3815

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.

CHAPTER THREE

FRAUDS

SECTION ONE.-Machinations, monopolies, and combinations

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

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