Article 180 Revised Penal Code

Article 180 of the Revised Penal Code is about False testimony against a defendant. It is under Chapter Two (Other Falsities) of Title Four (Crimes Against Public Interest) of the Code.

False testimony against a defendant.

Any person who shall give false testimony against the defendant in any criminal case shall suffer:

1. The penalty of reclusion temporal, if the defendant in said case shall have been sentenced to death;

2. The penalty of prision mayor, if the defendant shall have been sentenced to reclusion temporal or reclusion perpetua;

3. The penalty of prision correccional, if the defendant shall have been sentenced to any other afflictive penalty; and

4. The penalty of arresto mayor, if the defendant shall have been sentenced to a correctional penalty or a fine, or shall have been acquitted.

In cases provided in subdivisions 3 and 4 of this article the offender shall further suffer a fine not to exceed 1,000 pesos.

See also: Article 179 Revised Penal Code