Section 3October 24, 1990, Sec./Art. 3

Chapter One, Title Three of the Revised Penal Code is hereby further amended by adding a new article as follows:

"Art. 134-A. Coup D′ÉTAT. – How committed. – The crime of coup D′ÉTAT is a swift attack accompanied by violence, intimidation, threat, strategy or stealth, directed against duly constituted authorities of the Republic of the Philippines, or any military camp or installation, communications networks, public utilities or other facilities needed for the exercise and continued possession of power, singly or simultaneously carried out anywhere in the Philippines by any person or persons, belonging to the military or police or holding any public office or employment, with or without civilian support or participation, for the purpose of seizing or diminishing state power."