Philippine Currency Laws
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What is the primary requirement for a coin to be considered mutilated under Philippine law?

  • The coin must be made of precious metal
  • The coin must be of legal tender in the Philippines (correct)
  • The coin must be in circulation for at least 10 years
  • The coin must be of foreign origin

    • What is the act punishable under P.D. 247?

  • Counterfeiting coins
  • Mutilating coins
  • Importing foreign coins
  • Possession of coin, counterfeited or mutilated by another person, with intent to utter the same (correct)

    • What is NOT a requirement for the act of uttering false coin?

  • The possessor must be the counterfeiter (correct)
  • The possessor must not be the counterfeiter, mutilator, or importer of the coins
  • The coin must be of legal tender
  • The possessor must know that the coin is false

    • What is the act punishable under Article 164?

    <p>There is no act punishable under Article 164</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the act of 'uttering' in relation to false coins?

    <p>The act of holding false coins with intent to pass them as genuine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the punishment for willful defacement, mutilation, tearing, burning, or destruction of Central Bank notes and coins?

    <p>Punishment under a separate law</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary intention of a person who mutilates a coin?

    <p>To take advantage of the metal abstracted</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the requirement for a coin to be considered mutilated under P.D. 247?

    <p>The coin must be a legal tender</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the punishable act under Article 165 of the RPC?

    <p>Actually uttering a false or mutilated coin, knowing it to be false or mutilated</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the result of mutilating a coin?

    <p>The coin decreases in intrinsic value</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between counterfeiting and mutilating coins?

    <p>Counterfeiting involves making a new coin, while mutilating involves altering an existing coin</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the requirement for uttering a mutilated coin?

    <p>The person uttering the coin must have connivance with the mutilator</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary criterion for determining whether a coin is counterfeit or not?

    <p>The imitation must be such as to deceive an ordinary person in believing it to be genuine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a punishable act under Article 161 of the RPC?

    <p>Forging the Great Seal of the Government of the Philippines</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the act of making false or altered coins, as described in Article 162 of the RPC?

    <p>Mutilation of coins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between counterfeiting and forgery?

    <p>Counterfeiting involves money, while forgery involves instruments of credit</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the necessary element for consummating the felony of counterfeiting?

    <p>The imitation must be such as to deceive an ordinary person in believing it to be genuine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the act of making false or altered documents?

    <p>Falsification</p> Signup and view all the answers

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