- Statute
- Revised Penal Code
- Article
- Art. 182
- Topic
- False testimony in civil cases
- Year
- 1949
The provision
False testimony in civil cases. -Any person found guilty of false testimony in a civil case shall suffer the penalty of prision correccional in its minimum period and a fine not to exceed 6,000 pesos, if the amount in controversy shall exceed 5,000 pesos, and the penalty of arresto mayor in its maximum period to prision correccional in its minimum period and a fine not to exceed 1,000 pesos, if the amount in controversy shall not exceed said amount or cannot be estimated.
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