Article 135Act No. 3815, Sec./Art. 135

Penalty for rebellion or insurrection.-Any person who promotes, maintains, or heads a rebellion or insurrection, or who, while holding any public office or employment takes part therein, engaging in war against the forces of the Government, destroying property or committing serious violence, exacting contributions or diverting public funds from the lawful purpose for which they have been appropriated, shall suffer the penalty of prision mayor and a fine not to exceed 20,000 pesos.

Any person merely participating or executing the commands of others in a rebellion shall suffer the penalty of prision mayor in its minimum period.

When the rebellion or insurrection shall be under the command of unknown leaders, any person who in fact directed the others, spoke for them, signed receipts and other documents issued in their name, or performed similar acts, on behalf of the rebels shall be deemed the leader of such rebellion.

REVISED PENAL CODE TEXT AND SPECIAL PENAL LAWS

Section

97.

Adoption

of

Committee

Rules

and

Regulations, and Funding . – The Oversight Committee on

Dangerous

Drugs

shall

adopt

its

internal

rules

of

procedure, conduct hearings and receive testimonies,

reports,

and

technical

advice, invite or summon by

subpoena ad testificandum any public official, private

citizen, or any other person to testify before it, or require

any person by subpoena duces tecum documents or

other materials as it may require consistent with the

provisions of this Act.

The Oversight Committee on Dangerous Drugs shall be

assisted by a secretariat to be composed by personnel

who may be seconded from the Senate and the House of

Representatives and may retain consultants.

To carry out the powers and functions of the Oversight

Committee

on

Dangerous Drugs, the initial sum of

Twenty-five

million

pesos

(P25,000,000.00)

shall

be

charged against the current appropriations of the Senate.

Thereafter, such amount necessary for its continued

operations

shall

be

included in the annual General

Appropriations Act.

The Oversight Committee on Dangerous Drugs shall exist

for a period of ten (10) years from the effectivity of this Act

and may be extended by a joint concurrent resolution.

Section 98. Limited Applicability of the Revised Penal

Code . – Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the

contrary, the provisions of the Revised Penal Code (Act

No. 3814), as amended, shall not apply to the provisions of

this Act, except in the case of minor offenders. Where the

offender is a minor, the penalty for acts punishable by life

imprisonment to death provided herein shall be reclusion

perpetua to death.

Section 99. Separability Clause . – If for any reason any

section or provision of this Act, or any portion thereof, or

the application of such section, provision or portion

thereof to any person, group or circumstance is declared

invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act shall

not be affected by such declaration and shall remain in

force and effect.

Section 100. Repealing Clause . – Republic Act No. 6425,

as amended, is hereby repealed and all other laws,

administrative orders, rules and regulations, or parts

thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are

hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 101. Amending Clause . – Republic Act No. 7659 is

hereby amended accordingly.

Section 102. Effectivity . – This Act shall take effect fifteen

(15) days upon its publication in at least two (2) national

newspapers of general circulation.

This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 1858

and House Bill No. 4433 was finally passed by the Senate

and the House of Representatives on May 30, 2002 and

May 29, 2002, respectively.

ANNEX

1988 UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST ILLICIT

TRAFFIC IN NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC

SUBSTANCES

LIST OF SUBSTANCES IN TABLE I

1. ACETIC ANHYDRIDE

2. N-ACETYLANTHRANILIC ACID

3. EPHEDRINE

4. ERGOMETRINE

5. ERGOTAMINE

6. ISOSAFROLE

7. LYSERGIC ACID

8. 3, 4-METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL-2 PROPANONE

9. NOREPHEDRINE

10. 1-PHENYL-2-PROPANONE

11. PIPERONAL

12. POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE

13. PSEUDOEPHEDRINE

14. SAFROLE

THE SALTS OF THE SUBSTANCES LISTED IN THIS TABLE

WHENEVER

THE

EXISTENCE

OF

SUCH

SALTS

IS

POSSIBLE.

LIST OF SUBSTANCES IN TABLE II

1. ACETONE

2. ANTHRANILIC ACID

3. ETHYL ETHER

4. HYDROCHLORIC ACID

5. METHYL ETHYL KETONE

6. PHENYLACETIC ACID

7. PIPERIDINE

8. SULPHURIC ACID

9. TOLUENE

THE SALTS OF THE SUBSTANCES LISTED IN THIS TABLE

WHENEVER

THE

EXISTENCE

OF

SUCH

SALTS

IS

POSSIBLE (THE SALTS OF HYDROCHLORIC ACID AND

SULPHURIC ACID ARE SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED)

1961 UNITED NATIONS SINGLE CONVENTION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS AS AMENDED BY THE 1972 PROTOCOL

LIST OF DRUGS INCLUDED IN

SCHEDULE I

1. Acetorphine

2. Acetyl- alpha -methylfentanyl

3. Acetylmethadol

4. Alfentanil

5. Allylprodine

6. Alphacetylmethadol

7. Alphameprodine

8. Alphamethadol

9. Alpha -methylfentanyl

10. Alpha -methylthiofentanyl

11. Alphaprodine

12. Anileridine

13. Benzethidine

14. Benzylmorphine

15. Betacetylmethadol

16. Beta- hydroxyfentanyl

17. Beta- hydroxy-3-methylfentanyl

18. Betameprodine

19. Betamethadol

20. Betaprodine

21. Bezitramide

22. Cannabis and Cannabis resin and

extracts and tinctures of cannabis

23. Clonitazene

24. Coca leaf

25. Cocaine

26. Codoxime

27. Concentrate of poppy straw

28. Desomorphine

29. Dextromoramide

30. Diampromide

31. Diethylthiambutene

32. Difenoxin

33. Dihydroetorphine

34. Dihydromorphine

35. Dihydromorphine *

36. Dimenoxadol

37. Dimepheptanol

38. Dimethylthiambutene

39. Dioxaphetyl butyrate

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