Act No. 2712

: Act No. 2712 amends Articles 300 and 301 of the Philippine Penal Code relating to the falsification of public, official, and commercial documents.
: Public officers, employees, and notaries who falsify documents by taking advantage of their official position are penalized under Article 300.
: The penalty is prision mayor and a fine ranging from 250 to 12,500 pesetas, plus perpetual disqualification from any public office.
: 1. Counterfeiting or imitating handwriting, signature, or rubric. 2. Causing it to appear that persons participated in acts when they did not. 3. Attributing false statements to persons who participated.
: They are subject to perpetual disqualification from holding any public office.
: Yes, if they commit falsification affecting civil status or interests beyond ecclesiastical matters, they face the same penalty as public officers under Article 300.
: Public or official documents, letters of exchange, or other commercial documents are covered for private individuals.
: Private individuals face the penalty of prision correctional in its maximum degree and fines between 250 and 12,500 pesetas.
: Prision mayor is a penalty involving imprisonment for a period ranging from six years and one day to twelve years.
: It means deliberately including false information or facts in a document that must truthfully narrate an event or proceeding.