Practice question
A person abroad counterfeits only an ordinary private foreign-company voucher. No Philippine currency or government obligation is involved, and no other Article 2 category, special statute or jurisdictional basis applies. May 2(2) be expanded solely because the voucher resembles a valuable instrument?
- Yes; every valuable paper worldwide is covered automatically.
- No; the specified Philippine instruments and statutory category must be established.
- Yes; resemblance repeals all territorial limits.
- No; because counterfeiting any instrument is always lawful.
- Yes; every foreign company is the Philippine government.
Legal references
- Civil Code Articles8,13-16: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
- Revised Penal Code Article2: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/28/20426
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