EXAM TIPS & REMINDERS

▪ In CRIM LAW II, it is a MUST that you have gone through the ELEMENTS of each
crime. (it is impossible to memorize all, but you must atleast have a clear picture of
what constitutes a crime and what is not)
▪ For highlighted articles, it’s good that you memorize and watch out for hypothetical
questions on those provisions
▪ Revisit special laws assigned
▪ Revisit cases assigned (especially drug cases), take note of the doctrines
▪ Take note of the articles that you should be able to distinguish (as advised by your
prof)
▪ Take note of amended and repealed provisions of the RPC
▪ You may also be asked to enumerate all the Titles in the RPC and the crimes under a
particular Title.
▪ Lastly, DO NOT FORGET that topics in CRIM LAW I may also be tested (because
basic principles and concepts are applicable to MOST of the crimes defined in Book 2)
So, it is important that you also review basic Crim Law I concepts (Art. 48 – Complex
Crime; Stages of Execution; Art. 8 – Conspiracy and proposal to commit felony;
Exemption from criminal liability; Persons criminally liable - principals, accomplices,
accessories; etc.)

DISCLAIMER: These are only guides and tips. Highlighted articles are the most
common source of bar exam questions. Still, there is no substitute to reading all the
relevant and up-to-date cases and going through your textbooks. This material, at
most, will only serve as guide on the laws and provisions where you could spend more
of your precious time. Good luck! 😊
 • Title I crimes are exceptions to Art. 2 (Rule on
Territorialiy) of RPC
• From articles 114 to 121, take note which are
committed in times of war and in peace
Art. 114 – Treason • How is treason committed? What is the two-
115 – Conspiracy and proposal to commit treason witness rule? What act constitutes giving aid
116 – Misprision of Treason and comfort?
117 – Espionage • In Art.120, when would there be a violation?
118 – Inciting to war or giving motives for reprisals Note the types of correspondence
119 – Violation of Neutrality • Read laws relating to Piracy (PD 532,etc)
120 – Correspondence with hostile country • When is piracy qualified?
121 – Flight to enemy’s country
122 – Piracy in general and mutiny on the high seas
or in Philippine waters
123 – Qualified piracy

• Arts. 124 – 126 are all cases of Arbitrary

Detention, know the differences
• Note the periods to deliver in Art.125
• When is a warrant said to be maliciously
Art. 124 – Arbitrary Detention obtained?
125 – Delay in the delivery of detained persons to the proper • Note of places considered as domicile for
judicial authorities purposes of Art.128
126 – Delaying release
127 – Expulsion
128 – Violation of Domicile
129 – Search warrants maliciously obtained, and abuse in
the service of those legally obtained
130 – Searching domicile without witnesses
131 – Prohibition, interruption, dissolution of peaceful
meetings
132 – Interruption of religious worship
133 – Offending the religious feelings
 • How is rebellion committed?
• Rebellion vs. sedition
• Inciting to rebellion vs. inciting to sedition
Art. 134 – Rebellion or Insurrection • Is there a crime of proposal to commit sedition?
134-A – Coup d’ etat • Illegal assemblies vs. Inciting to
135 – Penalty for rebellion, insurrection, or coup d’ etat sedition/rebellion?
136 – Conspiracy and proposal to commit coup d’ etat, • Illegal assemblies has two forms – (1) that
rebellion, insurrection attended of armed persons for the purpose of
137 – Disloyalty of public officers or employees committing any crime punishable under RPC;
138 – Inciting to rebellion or insurrection and (2) a meeting in which the audience is
139 – Sedition incited to commit treason, rebellion or
140 – Penalty for Sedition insurrection, sedition or assault upon person in
141 – Conspiracy to commit Sedition authority or his agents.
142 – Inciting to Sedition • Who is a person in authority? Who is deemed as
143 – Acts tending to prevent the meting of the assembly his agents?
and similar bodies
• When is direct assault qualified?
144 – Disturbance of proceedings
• Alarms and scandals vs. Tumults and other
145 – Violation of parliamentary immunity
disturbances of public order
146 – Illegal assemblies
147 – Illegal associations • When is disturbance tumultuous?
148 – Direct assaults • Illegal assemblies vs. Illegal Associations
149 – Indirect assaults
150 – Disobedience to summons issued by the National
Assembly, its committees or subcommittees, by the
Constitutional Commissions, its committees,
subcommittees or divisions
151 – Resistance and disobedience to a person in authority
or the agents of such person
152 – Person in authority and agents of person in authority
153 – Tumults and other disturbances of public order
154 – Unlawful use of means of publication and unlawful
utterances
155 – Alarms and scandals
156 – Delivering prisoners from jail
157 – Evasion of service of sentence
158 – Evasion of service of sentence on the occasion of
disorder, conflagrations, earthquakes, or othe
calamities
159 – Other cases of evasion of service of sentence
160 – Commission of another crime during service
of penalty imposed for another previous offense
 • How is forgery committed?
TITLE IV. CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC INTEREST • What are the acts in violation of Art.171?
Can a public officer be prosecuted under Art.
Art. 161 – Counterfeiting the great seal of the Government of the 172 “Falsification by private individuals and
Philippine Islands, the signature or stamp of the Chief use of falsified documents”?
Executive • Falsification vs. Perjury
162 – Using forged signature or counterfeit seal or stamp
163 – Making and importing and uttering false coins
164 – Mutilation of coins – Importation and utterance of
mutilated coins
165 – Selling of false or mutilated coin, without connivance
166 – Forging treasury or bank notes or other documents
payable to bearer importing, and uttering such false or
forged notes and documents
167 – Counterfeiting, importing, and uttering instruments
not payable to bearer
168 – Illegal possession and use of false treasury or bank
notes and other instruments of credit
169 – How forgery is committed
170 – Falsification of legislative documents
171 – Falsification by public officer, employee or notary or
ecclesiastical minister
172 – Falsification by private individuals and use of falsified
documents
173 – Falsification of wireless, cable, telegraph and
telephone messages, and use of said falsified messages
174 – False medical certificates, false certificates of merit
or service, etc.
175 – Using false certificates
176 – Manufacturing and possession of instruments for
falsification
177 – Usurpation of authority or official functions
178 – Using fictitious name and concealing true name
179 – Illegal use of uniforms and insignia
180 – False testimony against a defendant
181 – False testimony favorable to the defendant
182 – False testimony in civil cases
183 – False testimony in other cases and perjury in solemn
affirmation
184 – Offering false testimony in evidence
185 – Machinations in public auctions
186 – Monopolies and combinations in restraint of trade
187 – Importation and disposition of falsely marked articles
or merchandise made of gold, silver, or other precious
metals or their alloys
188 – Substituting and altering trademarks, tradenames, or
service marks
189 – Unfair competition, fraudulent registration of
tradename, trademark, or service mark, fraudulent
designation of origin, and false description
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• Test of obscenity
• Grave Scandal vs. Alarms and scandal
• Read Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism
Art. 195 – What crimes are punishable in gambling
196 – Importation, sale and possession of lottery tickets or
advertisements
197 – Betting in sports contests
198 – Illegal betting on horse races
199 – Illegal cockfighting
200 – Grave Scandal
201 – Immoral doctrines, obscene publications and
exhibitions, and indecent shows
202 – Vagrants and prostitutes
 • Who is a public officer?
• Direct vs. Indirect Bribery
• When will the presumption of malversation
Art. 203 – Who are public officers arise?
204 – Knowingly rendering unjust judgment • Take note of crimes that may be complexed with
205 – Judgment rendered through negligence another crime (eg. Malversation through
206 – Unjust interlocutory order falsification of public document)
207 – Malicious delay in the administration of justice • When there’s Bribery – offender is public
208 – Prosecution of offenses; negligence and tolerance officer not the offeror. Offeror is liable under
209 – Betrayal of trust by an attorney or solicitor Art.212 – Corruption of public officials
210 – Direct bribery • Read Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act
211 – Indirect bribery
• Even private individuals may be liable under
211-A – Qualified bribery
Title VII though labeled as “Crimes Committed
212 – Corruption of public officials
by Public Officers” (applying principle of
213 – Fraud against the public treasury and similar offenses
conspiracy)
214 – other frauds
215 – Prohibited transactions
216 – Possession of prohibited interest by a public officer
217 – Malversation of public funds or property
218 – Failure of accountable officer to render accounts
219 – Failure of a responsible public officer to render
accounts before leaving the country
220 – Illegal use of public funds or property
221 – Failure to make delivery of public funds or property
222 – Officers included in the preceding provisions
223 – Conniving with or consenting to evasion
224 – Evasion through negligence
225 – Escape of prisoner under the custody of a person not a
public officer
226 – Removal, concealment or destruction of documents
227 – Officer breaking seal
228 – Opening of closed documents
229 – Revelation of secrets by an officer
230 – Public officer revealing secrets of a private individual
231 – Open disobedience
232 – Disobedience to order of superior officer, when said
order was suspended by inferior officer
233 – Refusal of assistance
234 – Refusal to discharge elective office
235 – Maltreatment of prisoners
236 – Anticipation of duties of a public office
237 – Prolonging performance of duties and powers
238 – Abandonment of office or position
239 – Usurpation of legislative powers
240 – Usurpation of executive functions
241 – Usurpation of judicial functions
242 – Disobeying request for disqualification
243 – Orders or requests by executive officers to any judicial
authority
244 – Unlawful appointment
245 – Abuses against chastity