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	GR No. 195064 2014-01-15	NARI K. GIDWANI v. PEOPLE SERENO, C.J.
The elements of a violation of B.P. 22 are the following:[15]
	GR NO. 149937 2007-06-21	ISMAEL F. MEJIA v. PEOPLE SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.
It must be emphasized that the gravamen of the offense charge is the issuance of a bad check.[4] The purpose for which the check was issued, the terms and conditions relating to its issuance, or any agreement surrounding such issuance are irrelevant to the prosecution and conviction of petitioner.[5] To determine the reason for which checks are issued, or the terms and conditions for their issuance, will greatly erode the faith the public reposes in the stability and commercial value of checks as currency substitutes, and bring havoc in trade and in banking communities.[6] The clear intention of the framers of B.P. 22 is to make the mere act of issuing a worthless check malum prohibitum.[7]