Republic Act No. 120

: Republic Act No. 120 amends Article 310 of the Revised Penal Code, defining and prescribing penalties for the crime of qualified theft.
: Article 310.
: Qualified theft is theft punished by penalties higher by two degrees than those prescribed for theft, committed under certain qualifying circumstances such as by a domestic servant, with grave abuse of confidence, or involving specific types of property.
: The penalties for qualified theft are those next higher by two degrees than those specified for simple theft.
: Offenders include domestic servants and those who commit theft with grave abuse of confidence.
: Motor vehicles, mail matter, large cattle, coconuts taken from a plantation, and fish taken from a fishpond or fishery.
: Yes, specifically coconuts taken from the premises of a plantation and fish from fishponds or fisheries are included.
: It took effect upon its approval on June 14, 1947.
: Commonwealth Act Numbered 417.
: Qualified theft includes theft committed with grave abuse of confidence, meaning the offender takes advantage of a position of trust to commit the theft, although the Act does not provide a detailed definition within its text.