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PEOPLE Vs. Mariano Castaneda, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. HON. MARIANO CASTANEDA, Judge of the Court of First Instance of Pampanga (Br. III), and GERONIMO KABIGTING, respondents.

G.R. No. 47131 | 1990-07-03

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

These appellate proceedings concern the president of a religious organization (a parish council) who, over several years, admittedly solicited and received funds for the construction of the parish church in his neighborhood, without first securing a permit to do so from the Director of Public Welfare (now Director of Field Services, Department of Social Welfare) as required by Act No. 4075. 1 That act declares any violation of its provisions to be punishable "by imprisonment for not more than six months or by a fine of not more than two hundred pesos (P200.00) in the discretion of the court." 2 And offenses so...