[ Act No. 2017, January 26, 1911 ]
AN ACT PROVIDING THAT THE WORD "EMBEZZLEMENT" AS USED IN SECTION FORTY OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THREE, AS AMENDED, SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO INCLUDE THE OFFENSE OF "ESTAFA."
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Legislature, that:
SECTION 1. The word "embezzlement" as used in section forty of Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-three, entitled "An Act to incorporate the City of Manila," as amended by section ten of Act Numbered Two hundred and sixty-seven, shall be construed to include the offense of "estafa" punished by the Penal Code.
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, January 26, 1911.
SECTION 1. The word "embezzlement" as used in section forty of Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-three, entitled "An Act to incorporate the City of Manila," as amended by section ten of Act Numbered Two hundred and sixty-seven, shall be construed to include the offense of "estafa" punished by the Penal Code.
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, January 26, 1911.