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 Article 331. Destroying or damaging statues, public monuments, or paintings. - Any person who shall destroy or damage statues or any other useful or ornamental public monument shall suffer the penalty of arresto mayor in its medium period to prision correccional in its minimum period.


Any person who shall destroy or damage any useful or ornamental painting of a public nature shall suffer the penalty of arresto menor or a fine not exceeding forty thousand pesos (P40,000), or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.



The penalty is lower if the thing destroyed is a public painting, rather than a public monument.