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2004-09-27 |
TINGA, J. |
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| At any rate, the law punishes the mere act of issuing a bouncing check, not the purpose for which it was issued nor the terms and conditions relating to its issuance.[42] B.P. 22 does not make any distinction as to whether the checks within its contemplation are issued in payment of an obligation or to merely guarantee the obligation.[43] The thrust of the law is to prohibit the making of worthless checks and putting them into circulation.[44] As this Court held in Lim v. People of the Philippines,[45] "what is primordial is that such issued checks were worthless and the fact of its worthlessness is known to the appellant at the time of their issuance, a required element under B.P. Blg. 22." | |||||