Title I.

Crimes against National Security and the

Law of Nations
CRIMES AGAINST SECURITY:
(1) Art. 114: Treason
(2) Art. 115: Conspiracy and Proposal to Commit Treason
(3) Art. 116: Misprision of Treason
(4) Art. 117: Espionage
CRIMES AGAINST THE LAW OF NATIONS
(1) Art. 118: Inciting to War or Giving Motives for Reprisals
(2) Art. 119: Violation of Neutrality
(3) Art. 120: Correspondence with Hostile Country
(4) Art. 121: Flight to Enemys Country
(5) Art. 122: Piracy in General and Mutiny on the High Seas
or in Philippine Waters
(6) Art. 123: Qualified Piracy

Title II. Crimes against Fundamental Laws of

the State
(1) Art. 124: Arbitrary Detention
(2) Art. 125: Delay in the Delivery Of Detained Persons to the
Proper Judicial Authorities
(3) Art. 126: Delaying Release
(4) Art. 127: Expulsion
(5) Art. 128: Violation of Domicile
(6) Art.129: Search Warrants Maliciously Obtained and Abuse
in the Service of those Legally Obtained
(7) Art. 130: Searching Domicile Without Witnesses
(8) Art. 131: Prohibition, Interruption and Dissolution of
Peaceful Meetings
(9) Art. 132: Interruption of Religious Worship
(10) Art. 133: Offending the Religious Feelings

Title III. Crimes against Public Order

(1) Article 134 - Rebellion/Insurrection
(2) Article 134-A - Coup d tat
(3) Article 135 - Penalty for Rebellion, Insurrection or Coup d
tat
(4) Article 136 - Conspiracy and Proposal to Commit Coup d
tat, Rebellion or Insurrection
(5) Article 137 - Disloyalty of Public Officers or Employees
(6) Article 138 - Inciting to Rebellion or Insurrection
(7) Article139 Sedition
(8) Article141 - Conspiracy to Commit Sedition
(9) Article142 Inciting to Sedition
(10) Article140 - Persons Liable for Sedition
(11) Article 143 - Acts Tending to Prevent the Meeting of the
Congress of the Philippines and Similar Bodies
(12) Article 144 - Disturbance of Proceedings
(13) Article 145 - Violation of Parliamentary Immunity
(14) Article 146 - Illegal Assemblies
(15) Article 147 - Illegal Associations
(16) Article 148 - Direct Assault
(17) Article 149 - Indirect Assault
(18) Article 150 - Disobedience to Summons Issued by
Congress, Its Committees or Subcommittees, by the
Constitutional Commissions, Its Committees, Subcommittees
or Divisions

(19) Article 153 - Tumults and Other Disturbances of Public

Order
(20) Article 151 - Resistance and Disobedience to a Person in
Authority or the Agents of Such Persons
(21) Article 154 - Unlawful Use of Means of Publication and
Unlawful Utterances
(22) Article 156 - Delivering Persons from Jail
(23) Article 155 - Alarms and Scandals
(24) Article 157 - Evasion of Service of Sentence
(25) Article 159 - Other Cases of Evasion of Service of
Sentence
(26) Article 158 - Evasion of Service of Sentence on the
Occasion of Disorders, Conflagrations, Earthquakes, or Other
Calamities
(27) Article 160 - Quasi Recidivism

Title IV. Crimes against Public Interest

Acts of Counterfeiting
(1) Article 162 - Using Forged Signature or Counterfeit Seal
or Stamp
(2) Article 161 - Counterfeiting the Great Seal of the
Government of the Philippine Islands, Forging the Signature
or Stamp of the Chief Executive
(3) Article 164 - Mutilation of Coins
(4) Article 163 - Making and Importing and Uttering False
Coins
(5) Article 165 - Selling of False or Mutilated Coin, Without
Connivance
(6) Article 167 - Counterfeiting, Importing, and Uttering
Instruments Not Payable to Bearer
(7) Article 166 - Forging Treasury or Bank Notes or Other
Documents Payable to Bearer; Importing and Uttering Such
False or Forged Notes and Documents
Acts of Forgery
(1) Article 168 - Illegal Possession and Use of False Treasury
or Bank Notes and Other Instruments of Credit
(2) Article 169 - How Forgery is Committed
Acts of Falsification
(1) Article 170 - Falsification of Legislative Documents
(2) Article 171 - Falsification by Public Officer, Employee or
Notary or Ecclesiastical Minister
(3) Article 172 - Falsification by Private Individual and Use of
Falsified Documents
(4) Article 173 - Falsification of Wireless, Cable, Telegraph
and Telephone Messages, and Use of Said Falsified Messages
(5) Article 175 - Using False Certificates
(6) Article 174 - False Medical Certificates, False Certificates
of Merits or Service, etc.
(7) Article 176 - Manufacturing and Possession of Instruments
or Implements for Falsification
Other Falsities
(1) Article 177 - Usurpation of Authority or Official Functions
(2) Article 179 - Illegal Use of Uniforms and Insignia
(3) Article 178 - Using Fictitious and Concealing True Name
(4) Article 180 - False Testimony Against a Defendant
(5) Article 181 - False Testimony Favorable to the Defendant
(6) Article 182 - False Testimony in Civil Cases

(7) Article 184 - Offering False Testimony in Evidence

(8) Article 183 - False Testimony in Other Cases and Perjury
in Solemn Affirmation
(9) Article 185 - Machinations in Public Auctions
(10) Article 186 Monopolies and Combinations in Restraint
of Trade
(11) Article 187 Importation and Disposition of Falsely
Marked Articles or Merchandise Made of Gold, Silver, or
other Precious Metals or their Alloys.

Title V. Crimes Relative to Opium and Other

Prohibited Drugs
NOTE: Art 190-194 were repealed by RA 6425, known as the
Dangerous Drug Act of 1972. RA No. 9165, known as the
Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002 in turn
repealed RA No. 6425

Title VI. Crimes against Public Morals

CHAPTER I: Gambling and Betting
(1) Gambling (Art 195)
(2) Importation, sale and possession of lottery tickets or
advertisements (Art 196)
(3) Betting in sports contests (Art 197)
(4) Illegal betting on horse races (Art 198)
(5) Illegal cockfighting (Art 199)
CHAPTER II: Offenses against Decency and Good
Customs
(1) Grave Scandal (Art 200)
(2) Immoral doctrines, obscene publications and exhibitions
(Art 201)
(3) Vagrancy and prostitution (Art 202)

Title VII. Crimes Committed by Public Officers

Chapter 1: Preliminary Provisions
(1) Article 203 - Who Are Public Officers
Chapter 2: Malfeasance and Misfeasance in Office
(1) Article 204 - Knowingly Rendering Unjust Judgment
(2) Article 205 - Judgment Rendered Through Negligence
(3) Article 206 - Unjust Interlocutory Order
(4) Article 207 - Malicious Delay in the Administration of
Justice
(5) Article 208 - Prosecution of Offenses; Negligence and
Tolerance
(6) Article 209 - Betrayal of Trust by an Attorney or a Solicitor
- Revelation of Secrets
(7) Article 210 - Direct Bribery
(8) Article 211 - Indirect Bribery
(9) Article 211-A - Qualified Bribery
(10) Article 212 - Corruption of Public Officials
(11) Article 214 - Other Frauds

Title VIII. Crimes against Persons

Chapter I: Destruction of Life
(1) Article 246 Parricide

(2) Article 247 - Death or Physical Injuries Under Exceptional

Circumstances
(3) Article 248 Murder
(4) Article 249 Homicide
(5) Article 250 - Penalty for Frustrated Parricide, Murder or
Homicide
(6) Article 251 - Death Caused in Tumultuous Affray
(7) Article 252 - Physical Injuries Caused in Tumultuous
Affray
(8) Article 253 - Giving Assistance to Suicide
(9) Article 254 - Discharge of Firearms
(10) Article 255 Infanticide
(11) Article 256 - Intentional Abortion
(12) Article 257 - Unintentional Abortion
(13) Article 258 - Abortion Practiced by the Woman Herself or
by Parents
(14) Article 259 - Abortion by a Physician or Midwife and
Dispensing of Abortives
(15) Article 260 - Responsibility of Participants in a Duel
(16) Article 261 - Challenging to a Duel
Chapter II: Physical Injuries
(1) Article 262 Mutilation
(2) Article 263 - Serious Physical Injuries
(3) Article 264 - Administering Injurious Substances or
Beverages
(4) Article 265 - Less Serious Physical Injuries
(5) Article 266 - Slight Physical Injuries and Maltreatment
(6) Article 266-A - Rape (amended by RA 8353)
About this Title: The essence of crimes involves the taking of
human life, destruction of the fetus, or inflicting injuries.

Title IX. Crimes against Personal Liberty and

Security
Chapter I: Crimes against Liberty
(1) Article 267 - Kidnapping and Serious Illegal Detention
(2) Article 268 - Slight Illegal Detention
(3) Article 269 - Unlawful Arrest
(4) Article 270 - Kidnapping and Failure to Return a Minor
(5) Article 271 - Inducing a Minor to Abandon His Home (6)
Article 272 Slavery
(7) Article 273 - Exploitation of Child Labor
(8) Article 274 - Services Rendered Under Compulsion in
Payment of Debt
Chapter II: Crimes against Security
(1) Article 275 - Abandonment of Persons in Danger and
Abandonment of Own Victim
(2) Article 276 - Abandoning a Minor
(3) Article 277 - Abandonment of Minor by Person Entrusted
With Custody; Indifference of Parents
(4) Article 278 - Exploitation of Minors
(5) Article 280 - Qualified Trespass to Dwelling
(6) Article 281 - Other Forms of Trespass
(7) Article 282 - Grave Threats
(8) Article 283 - Light Threats
(9) Article 284 - Bond for Good Behavior
(10) Article 285 - Other Light Threats
(11) Article 286 - Grave Coercions
(12) Article 287 - Light Coercions

(13) Article 288 - Other Similar Coercions

(14) Article 289 - Formation, Maintenance, and Prohibition of
Combination of Capital or Labor through Violence or Threats
Chapter III: Discovery and Revelation of Secrets
(1) Article 290 - Discovering Secrets through Seizure of
Correspondence
(2) Article 291 - Revealing Secrets with Abuse of Office
(3) Article 292 - Revelation of Industrial Secrets

(2) Article 328 - Special Cases of Malicious Mischief (3)

Article 329 - Other Mischiefs
(4) Article 330 - Damage and Obstruction to Means of
Communication
(5) Article 331 - Destroying or Damaging Statues, Public
Monuments or Paintings
Chapter 10: Exemption from Criminal Liability
(1) Article 332 - Exemption from Criminal Liability in Crimes
Against Property.

Title X. Crimes against Property

Chapter I: Robbery in General
(1) Article 293 - Who Are Guilty of Robbery
(2) Article 294 - With Violence or Intimidation of Persons
(3) Article 295 - Robbery with Physical Injuries, in an
Uninhabited Place and by a Band
(4) Article 296 - Definition of a Band and Penalty Incurred by
the Members Thereof
(5) Article 297 - Attempted and Frustrated Robbery with
Homicide
(6) Article 298 - Execution of Deeds through Violence or
Intimidation
(7) Article 299 - Robbery in an Inhabited House or Public
Building or Edifice Devoted to Worship
(8) Article 300 - Robbery in an Uninhabited Place and by a
Band
(9) Article 302 -In an Uninhabited Place or Private Building
(10) Article 303 - Robbery of Cereals, Fruits or Firewood in
an Inhabited Place or Private Building
(11) Article 304 - Possession of Picklock or Similar Tools
(12) Article 305 - Defines False Keys
Chapter 2: Brigandage
(1) Article 306 - Who Are Brigands
(2) Article 307 - Aiding and Abetting a Band of Brigands
Chapter 3: Theft
(1) Article 308 - Who Are Liable for Theft
(2) Article 309 Penalties
(3) Article 310 - Qualified Theft
(4) Article 311 - Theft of the Property of the National Library
and National Museum
Chapter 4: Usurpation
(1) Article 312 - Occupation of Real Property or Usurpation of
Real Rights in Property
(2) Article 313 - Altering Boundaries or Landmarks
Chapter 5: Culpable Insolvency
(1) Article 314 - Fraudulent Insolvency
Chapter 6: Swindling
(1) Article 315 Estafa
(2) Article 316 - Other Forms of Swindling
(3) Article 317 - Swindling of a Minor
(4) Article 318 - Other Deceits
Chapter 7: Chattel mortgage
(1)Article 319 - Removal, Sale, or Pledge of Mortgaged
Property
Chapter 8: Arson and other Crimes involving Destruction
Chapter 9: Malicious mischief
(1) Article 327 - Who Are Responsible

Title XI. Crimes against Chastity

(1) Art. 333: Adultery
(2) Art. 334: Concubinage
(3) Art. 336: Acts of Lasciviousness
(4) Art. 337: Qualified Seduction
(5) Art. 338: Simple Seduction
(6) Art. 339: Acts of Lasciviousness with the consent of the
offended party
(7) Art. 340: Corruption of minors
(8) Art. 341: White Slave Trade
(9) Art. 342: Forcible Abduction
(10) Art. 343: Consented Abduction
(11) Art. 344: Prosecution of the crimes of Adultery
(12) Art. 345: Civil Liability
(13) Art. 346: Liability of Ascendants, guardians, teachers, or
other persons entrusted with custody of the offended

Title XII. Crimes against the Civil Status of

Persons
Chapter I: Simulation of Births and Usurpation of Civil
Status
(1) Art 347: Simulation of births, substitution of one child for
another and concealment or abandonment of a legitimate child
(2) Art 348: Usurpation of civil status
Chapter II: Illegal Marriages
(1) Art 349: Bigamy
(2) Art 350: Marriage contracted against provisions of law
(3) Art 351: Premature marriages
(4) Art 352: Performance of illegal marriage ceremony

Title XIII. Crimes against Honor

Chapter I: Libel
(1) Art 353: Definition of Libel
(2) Art 354: Privileged communication
(3) Art 355: Libel by means of writings or similar means
(4) Art 356: Threatening to publish and offer to prevent such
publication for a compensation
(5) Art. 357: Prohibited Publication of Acts Referred to in the
course of Official Proceedings
(6) Art 358: Slander
(7) Art 359: Slander by Deed
Chapter II: Incriminatory Machinations
(1) Art 363: Incriminating innocent person
(2) Art 364: Intriguing against honor

Title XIV. Quasi-Offenses

ARTICLE 365 - IMPRUDENCE AND NEGLIGENCE