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RULING: YES but the court of Angeles has no jurisdiction over the criminal
act, but the importance of this case is when and where a falsification of document
comes in. In the present case, it is the claim of petitioners a claim supported by
the record that Angelina M. Lopez and Aurora M. Villasor signed the private
document wherein they are alleged to have made a false statement of fact, the first
within the territorial jurisdiction of Makati, and the second within the territorial
jurisdiction of Quezon City, both within the province of Rizal. We now come to
consider the question of when and where is the offense of falsification of a private
document deemed consummated or committed. Upon this point, We have ruled
clearly and definitely in U.S. vs. Infante, 36 Phil. 146, that the crime of falsification
of a private document defined and penalized by Article 304 of the Penal Code (now
paragraph2, Article 172 of the Revised Penal Code) is consummated when such
document is actually falsified with the intent to prejudice a third person, whether
such falsified document is or is not thereafter put to the illegal use for which it was
intended