LAWS ON FALSIFICATION

Act No.3815
Laws on Falsifications


Usurpation of authority, rank, title, and improper use of names, uniforms and insignia

Act No. 3815
December 8, 1930
The Revised Penal Code of the Philippines
AN ACT REVISING THE PENAL CODE AND OTHER PENAL LAWS

Title Four
CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC INTEREST

Chapter Two
OTHER FALSIFICATIONS

Sec. One. - Usurpation of authority, rank, title, and improper use of names, uniforms and insignia.

Art. 177. Usurpation of authority or official functions. - Any person who shall knowingly and falsely represent himself to be an officer, agent or representative of any department or agency of the Philippine Government or of any foreign government, or who, under pretense of official position, shall perform any act pertaining to any person in authority or public officer of the Philippine Government or any foreign government, or any agency thereof, without being lawfully entitled to do so, shall suffer the penalty of prision correccional in its minimum and medium periods.

Art. 178. Using fictitious name and concealing true name. - The penalty of arresto mayor (one to six months imprisonment) and a fine not to exceed 500 pesos shall be imposed upon any person who shall publicly use a fictitious name for the purpose of concealing a crime, evading the execution of a judgment or causing damage.
Any person who conceals his true name and other personal circumstances shall be punished by arresto menor or a fine not to exceed 200 pesos.

Art. 179. Illegal use of uniforms or insignia. - The penalty of arresto mayor shall be imposed upon any person who shall publicly and improperly make use of insignia, uniforms or dress pertaining to an office not held by such person or to a class of persons of which he is not a member.