Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 10951)
Grave felonies are those punishable by capital punishment or afflictive penalties, less grave felonies are punishable by correctional penalties in their maximum period, and light felonies are punishable by arresto menor or a fine not exceeding Forty thousand pesos (P40,000) or both.
Fines exceeding One million two hundred thousand pesos (P1,200,000) are afflictive penalties, fines between Forty thousand pesos (P40,000) and One million two hundred thousand pesos (P1,200,000) are correctional penalties, and fines less than Forty thousand pesos (P40,000) are light penalties.
Any Filipino citizen who commits treason shall be punished by reclusion perpetua to death and a fine not to exceed Four million pesos (P4,000,000). An alien residing in the Philippines committing treason shall be punished by reclusion temporal to death and a fine not exceeding Four million pesos (P4,000,000). No conviction without two witnesses to the same over act or confession in open court.
Conspiracy to commit treason is punished by prision mayor and a fine not exceeding Two million pesos (P2,000,000). Proposal to commit treason is punished by prision correccional and a fine not exceeding One million pesos (P1,000,000).
The penalty is arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000). Concealing one's true name incurs arresto menor or a fine not exceeding Forty thousand pesos (P40,000).
Penalties vary depending on the sentence of the defendant: reclusion temporal if defendant sentenced to death, prision mayor if reclusion temporal or perpetua, prision correccional for other afflictive penalties, arresto mayor if correctional fine or acquitted, plus a fine not exceeding Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000) for the last two cases.
Penalties range from prision correccional to reclusion perpetua depending on the amount malversed, including perpetual special disqualification and a fine equal to the amount malversed or property embezzled.
The penalty is arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000) for arrest or detention without legal ground, except those authorized by law.
Penalties range from prision mayor for amounts exceeding P1,200,000 up to 20 years imprisonment, down to arresto menor or fines for amounts not over P500, with specific gradations in between based on value.
Penalties range from prision correccional up to reclusion perpetua depending on the amount, with fines and imprisonment increasing with the value involved, and special provisions for fraudulent acts such as issuing bad checks.