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Art. 116. Misprision of treason.

Art. 116. Misprision of treason. Every person owing allegiance to (the United States) the

Government of the Philippine Islands, without being a foreigner, and having knowledge of any

conspiracy against them, conceals or does not disclose and make known the same, as soon as

possible to the governor or fiscal of the province, or the mayor or fiscal of the city in which he

resides, as the case may be, shall be punished as an accessory to the crime of treason.

Art. 137. Disloyalty of public officers or employees.

Art. 137. Disloyalty of public officers or employees. The penalty of prision correccional in its

minimum period shall be imposed upon public officers or employees who have failed to resist a

rebellion by all the means in their power, or shall continue to discharge the duties of their offices

under the control of the rebels or shall accept appointment to office under them. (Reinstated by E.O.

No. 187).

Art. 208. Prosecution of offenses; negligence and tolerance.

Art. 208. Prosecution of offenses; negligence and tolerance.

The penalty of prision correccional inits minimum period and suspension shall be imposed upon any public officer, or officer of the law,

who, in dereliction of the duties of his office, shall maliciously refrain from instituting prosecution

for the punishment of violators of the law, or shall tolerate the commission of offenses.

Art. 213(2)(b). Frauds against the public treasury and similar offenses.

Art. 213. Frauds against the public treasury and similar offenses. The penalty of prision

correccional in its medium period to prision mayor in its minimum period, or a fine ranging from

200 to 10,000 pesos, or both, shall be imposed upon any public officer who:

2. Being entrusted with the collection of taxes, licenses, fees and other imposts, shall be guilty or

any of the following acts or omissions:

(b) Failing voluntarily to issue a receipt, as provided by law, for any sum of money collected

by him officially.

Art. 223. Conniving with or consenting to evasion.

Art. 223. Conniving with or consenting to evasion. Any public officer who shall consent to the

escape of a prisoner in his custody or charge, shall be punished:

1. By prision correccional in its medium and maximum periods and temporary special

disqualification in its maximum period to perpetual special disqualification, if the fugitive shall have

been sentenced by final judgment to any penalty.

2. By prision correccional in its minimum period and temporary special disqualification, in case the

fugitive shall not have been finally convicted but only held as a detention prisoner for any crime or

violation of law or municipal ordinance.

Art. 234. Refusal to discharge elective office.

Art. 234. Refusal to discharge elective office. The penalty of arresto mayor or a fine not exceeding

1,000 pesos, or both, shall be imposed upon any person who, having been elected by popular

election to a public office, shall refuse without legal motive to be sworn in or to discharge the duties

of said office.

Art. 275 (1). Abandonment of person in danger and abandonment of one's own victim.

Art. 275. Abandonment of person in danger and abandonment of one's own victim. The penalty


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of arresto mayor shall be imposed upon:

1. Any one who shall fail to render assistance to any person whom he shall find in an uninhabited

place wounded or in danger of dying, when he can render such assistance without detriment to

himself, unless such omission shall constitute a more serious offense.

PD. 953. Requiring the Planting of Trees in Certain Places and Penalizing Unauthorized

Cutting, Destruction, Damaging and Injuring of Certain Trees, Plants and Vegetation

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 953

REQUIRING THE PLANTING OF TREES IN CERTAIN PLACES AND PENALIZING UNAUTHORIZED

CUTTING, DESTRUCTION, DAMAGING AND INJURING OF CERTAIN TREES, PLANTS AND

VEGETATION

WHEREAS, the planting of trees on lands adjoining the edge of rivers and creeks in both a measure

of beautification and reforestation; and

WHEREAS, the planting of trees along roads and areas intended for the common use of owners oflots in subdivisions will provide shade and healthful environment therein;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers

vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree:

Section 1. The following shall plant trees:

1. Every person who owns land adjoining a river or creek, shall plant trees extending at

least five meters on his land adjoining the edge of the bank of the river or creek, except

when such land, due to its permanent improvement, cannot be planted with trees;

2. Every owner of an existing subdivision shall plant trees in the open spaces required to be

reserved for the common use and enjoyment of the owners of the lots therein as well as

along all roads and service streets. The subdivision owner shall consult the Bureau of Forest

Development as to the appropriate species of trees to be planted and the manner of planting

them; and

3. Every holder of a license agreement, lease, license or permit from the Government,

involving occupation and utilization of forest or grazing land with a river or creek therein,

shall plant trees extending at least twenty (20) meters from each edge of the bank of the

river or creek.

The persons hereinabove required to plant trees shall take good care of them, and, from time totime, remove any tree planted by them in their respective areas which has grown very old, is

diseased, or is defective, and replant with trees their respective areas whenever necessary.

Section 2. Every owner of land subdivided into residential/commercial/industrial lots after the

effectivity of this Decree shall reserve, develop and maintain not less than thirty percent (30%) of

the total area of the subdivision, exclusive of roads, service streets and alleys, as open space for

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No plan for a subdivision shall be approved by the Land Registration Commission or any office or

agency of the government unless at least thirty percent (30%) of the total area of the subdivision,

exclusive of roads, service streets and alleys, is reserved as open space for parks and recreational

areas and the owner thereof undertakes to develop such open space, within three (3) years from

the approval of the subdivision plan, in accordance with the development plan approved by the

Bureau of Forest Development and to maintain such parks and recreational areas.

Section 3. Any person who cuts, destroys, damages or injures, naturally growing or planted trees of

any kind, flowering or ornamental plants and shrubs, or plants of scenic, aesthetic and ecological

values, along public roads, in plazas, parks other than national parks, school premises or in any

other public ground or place, or on banks of rivers or creeks, or along roads in land subdivisions or

areas therein for the common use of the owners of lots therein, or any species of vegetation or

forest cover found therein shall, be punished with imprisonment for not less than six months and

not more than two years, or a fine of not less than five hundred pesos and not more than five

thousand pesos, or with both such imprisonment and fine at the discretion of the court, except

when the cutting, destroying, damaging or injuring is necessary for public safety or the pruning

thereof is necessary to enhance beauty, and only upon the approval of the duly authorized

representative of the head of agency or political subdivision having jurisdiction therein, or of the

Director of Forest Development in the case of trees on banks of rivers and creeks, or of the owner of

the land subdivision in the case of trees along roads and in other areas therein for the common use

of owners of lots therein. If the offender is a corporation, partnership or association, the penalty

shall be imposed upon the officer or officers thereof responsible for the offense, and if such officer

or officers are aliens, in addition to the penalty herein prescribed, he or they shall be deported

without further proceedings before the Commission on Immigration and Deportation. Nothing in

this Decree shall prevent the cancellation of a license agreement, lease, license or permit from the

Government, if such cancellation is prescribed therein or in Government regulations for such

offense.

Section 4. Any person who shall violate any provision of Section one hereof, or any regulation

promulgated thereunder, shall be punished with imprisonment for not less than six months but notmore than two years, or with a fine of not less than five hundred pesos but not more than five

thousand pesos, or with both such imprisonment than fine at the discretion of the court. If the

offender is a public officer or employee, he shall, in addition, be dismissed from the public service

and disqualified perpetually to hold public office.

Section 5. Any person who shall violate the provision of Section 2 hereof, or any regulation

promulgated thereunder, shall be punished with imprisonment for not less than two (2) years but

not more than five (5) years, or with a fine equivalent to the value, at current valuation, of the area

representing thirty percent (30%) of the total area of the subdivision, or both such fine and

imprisonment at the discretion of the Court.

Section 6. The Director of Forest Development shall issue such rules and regulations as may benecessary to carry out the purposes of this Decree.

Section 7. All laws, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, inconsistent herewith are hereby

repealed.

Section 8. This Decree shall take effect upon its promulgation.


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Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of July in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and

seventy-six.

PD. 1153. Requiring the Planting of One Tree Every Month for Five Consecutive Years by

Every Citizen of the Philippines

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 1153

REQUIRING THE PLANTING OF ONE TREE EVERY MONTH FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE YEARS BY

EVERY CITIZEN OF THE PHILIPPINES

WHEREAS, more abundant natural resources, particularly forest resources, will prevent floods,

droughts, erosion and sedimentation, and will increase our water supply needed to generate more

power, expand farm productivity, and meet the ever increasing demand for domestic consumption

of our exploding population; and

WHEREAS, to achieve a holistic ecosystem approach to forest resource management, to prevent

irreversible consequences of human activities on the environment, and to promote a healthier

ecosystem for our people, it is time to make an urgent call upon our citizenry to plant trees:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers

vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree the following:

Section 1. It is the policy of the State to call upon every citizen of the Philippines to help, as a duty

and obligation, to conserve and develop the resources of the country.

Section 2. In furtherance of said policy, every citizen of the Philippines at least ten (10) years of

age, actually residing therein, unless physically disabled to do so, shall plant one tree every month

for five (5) consecutive years.

Section 3. The planting of such trees shall be done in any of the following places:

(a) In lands or lots owned by his family;

(b) In lands or lots leased by his family with the consent of the owner thereof;

(c) In lands which are parts of public grounds or places such as plazas, schools, markets,

roadside and parks, and

(d) In lands of the public domain designated by the Presidential Council for Forest

Ecosystem Management, hereafter referred to as the Council, such as appropriate forest

lands, grazing or pasture lands, mineral lands, resettlement lands, civil and militaryreservations.

Section 4. The trees to be planted shall be fruit-bearing, shade, ornamental or forest trees, and the

same shall be taken care of for at least two years after each planting and replaced if the same die,

are diseased or are defective.

Section 5. The Council, in consultation with the appropriate government agencies, shall issue such


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rules and regulations which may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Decree and Letter of

Instruction No. 423 whenever applicable.

Section 6. Any person who violates any provision of this Decree or any rule or regulation

promulgated thereunder shall be punished with a fine of not more than one thousand pesos or, in

appropriate cases, with disqualification to acquire or enjoy any privilege granted exclusively to

citizens of the Philippines, such as the acquisition either through sale, free patent, homestead, or

lease of public lands, enjoyment of a franchise to own or operate a public utility or the grant of

lease, license or a privilege involving natural resources; and for a period of five years be disqualified

to hold public office, to graduate from any educational institution at all levels, to take any bar, board

or civil service examination, and to practice any profession licensed and regulated by the Supreme

Court or the Professional Regulation Commission.

Section 7. This Decree shall take effect upon its promulgation.

Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of June in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and

seventy-seven.

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