Republic Act No. 10

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Republic Act No. 10 (1946)
by the Republic of the Philippines
AN ACT PENALIZING USURPATION OF PUBLIC AUTHORITY
AbbreviationRA 10
Short nameno value
Main subjectidentity theft
Approved on5 August 1946
Table of contents  
Sec. 1 Sec. 2
 
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Republic of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines
Metro Manila






[ Republic Act No. 10 ]

AN ACT PENALIZING USURPATION OF PUBLIC AUTHORITY


Section 1.

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Any person who, with or without pretense of official position, shall perform any act pertaining to the Government, or to any person in authority or public officer, without being lawfully entitled to do so, shall be punished with imprisonment for not less than two years nor more than ten years.

Section 2.

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This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: August 5, 1946

This work is in the public domain because it is a work of the Philippine government (see Republic Act No. 8293 Sec. 176).

All official Philippine texts of a legislative, administrative, or judicial nature, or any official translation thereof, are ineligible for copyright.

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