This document summarizes crimes committed by public officers under Title Seven of Philippine law. It defines who is considered a public officer and outlines various acts of malfeasance, misfeasance, and nonfeasance. Specific crimes covered include knowingly rendering unjust judgment, dereliction of duty in prosecution of offenses, direct and indirect bribery, qualified bribery, and various acts of malversation or embezzlement of public funds/property. Penalties for these crimes are also public officers.
This document summarizes crimes committed by public officers under Title Seven of Philippine law. It defines who is considered a public officer and outlines various acts of malfeasance, misfeasance, and nonfeasance. Specific crimes covered include knowingly rendering unjust judgment, dereliction of duty in prosecution of offenses, direct and indirect bribery, qualified bribery, and various acts of malversation or embezzlement of public funds/property. Penalties for these crimes are also public officers.
This document summarizes crimes committed by public officers under Title Seven of Philippine law. It defines who is considered a public officer and outlines various acts of malfeasance, misfeasance, and nonfeasance. Specific crimes covered include knowingly rendering unjust judgment, dereliction of duty in prosecution of offenses, direct and indirect bribery, qualified bribery, and various acts of malversation or embezzlement of public funds/property. Penalties for these crimes are also public officers.
This document summarizes crimes committed by public officers under Title Seven of Philippine law. It defines who is considered a public officer and outlines various acts of malfeasance, misfeasance, and nonfeasance. Specific crimes covered include knowingly rendering unjust judgment, dereliction of duty in prosecution of offenses, direct and indirect bribery, qualified bribery, and various acts of malversation or embezzlement of public funds/property. Penalties for these crimes are also public officers.
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CRIM2 SY 2018-2019 2nd Semester
TITLE SEVEN: CRIMES COMMITTED BY PUBLIC OFFICERS
ART 203 WHO ARE PUBLIC OFFICERS: 1. Taking part in public functions in the Gov't OR performing in said Gov't public duties as an employee, agent, or subordinate official of any rank or class 2. Authority to take part in performance of public functions or perform public duties - by direct provision of law - by popular election - by appointment by competent authority MISFEASANCE improper performance of some act which NONFEASANCE omission of some act which ought to be MALFEASANCE performance of some act which ought not might have been lawfully done performed to be done Art 204 Knowingly rendering unjust judgment Art 208 Dereliction of duty in prosecution of offenses Art 210 Direct Bribery Art 205 Rendering judgment through negligence (manifestly – Maliciously refraining from instituting prosecuting against Art 211 Indirect Bribery unjust) violators of law Art 211A Qualified Bribery Art 206 Rendering unjust interlocutory order – Maliciously tolerating commission of offense Art 207 Malicious delaying in administration of justice – Malice: deliberate intent to favor the violator of the law
OFFENDER / SITUATION QUALIFIED COUNTERPART
PROVISION ELEMENTS ACTS PUNISHED PENALTIES IMPT THINGS VICTIM (PLACE/TIME) MODIFYING CIRC. FELONY MALVERSATION COMMON ELEMENTS ART 217 aka 1. Public officer 1. APPROPRIATING Embezzlement 2. Entrusted with 2. TAKING and custody or controls of MISAPPROPRIATING Gov’t funds/property 3. CONSENTING, thru by reason of his office abandonment or 3. Accountable negligence, permitted 4. Appropriated, took, other person to take it misappropriated, consented thru ART 218 Failure to abandonment or render accounts negligence, permitted - Misappropriation is another person to not necessary take them ART 219 Failure to render accounts before leaving the country
ART 220 Illegal use of
public funds/property
ART 221 Failure to
make delivery of public funds/prop – Refusal CRIM2 SY 2018-2019 2nd Semester (malicious) – Failure to pay