Article 21Act No. 3815, Sec./Art. 21

Penalties that may be imposed.-No felony shall be imposed. be punishable by any penalty not prescribed by law prior to its commission.

REVISED PENAL CODE TEXT AND SPECIAL PENAL LAWS

meetings of Congress or of any of its committees or

subcommittees,

Constitutional

Commissions

or

committees or divisions thereof, or of any provincial board

or city or municipal council or board, or in the presence of

any such bodies should behave in such manner as to

interrupt its proceedings or to impair the respect due it.

(Reinstated by E.O. No. 187, Republic Act No. 10951,

[August 29, 2017]).

Section Two. - Violation of parliamentary immunity

Article 145. Violation of parliamentary immunity. - The

penalty of prision mayor shall be imposed upon any

person who shall use force, intimidation, threats, or fraud

to

prevent

any

member

of

the

National

Assembly

(Congress

of

the

Philippines)

from

attending

the

meetings of the Assembly (Congress) or of any of its

committees

or

subcommittees,

constitutional

commissions or committees or divisions thereof, from

expressing his opinions or casting his vote; and the

penalty of prision correccional shall be imposed upon any

public officer or employee who shall, while the Assembly

(Congress) is in regular or special session, arrest or search

any member thereof, except in case such member has

committed a crime punishable under this Code by a

penalty higher than prision mayor.

Chapter Three ILLEGAL ASSEMBLIES AND

ASSOCIATIONS

Article 146. Illegal assemblies. - The penalty of prision

correccional in its maximum period to prision mayor in its

medium period shall be imposed upon the organizers or

leaders of any meeting attended by armed persons for

the purpose of committing any of the crimes punishable

under this Code, or of any meeting in which the audience

is incited to the commission of the crime of treason,

rebellion

or

insurrection, sedition or assault upon a

person in authority or his agents. Persons merely present

at such meeting shall suffer the penalty of arresto mayor ,

unless they are armed, in which case the penalty shall be

prision correccional.

If

any

person

present

at

the

meeting

carries

an

unlicensed firearm, it shall be presumed that the purpose

of said meeting, insofar as he is concerned, is to commit

acts

punishable

under

this

Code,

and

he

shall

be

considered a leader or organizer of the meeting within

the purview of the preceding paragraph.

As used in this article, the word "meeting" shall be

understood to include a gathering or group, whether in a

fixed place or moving. (Reinstated by E.O. No. 187).

Article 147. Illegal associations. - The penalty of prision

correccional in its minimum and medium periods and a

fine

not

exceeding

Two

hundred

thousand

pesos

(P200,000) shall be imposed upon the founders, directors,

and

presidents

of

associations

totally

or

partially

organized for the purpose of committing any of the

crimes punishable under this Code or for some purpose

contrary

to

public

morals.

Mere

members

of

said

associations shall suffer the penalty of arresto mayor .

(Reinstated by E.O. No. 187).

Chapter Four ASSAULT UPON, AND RESISTANCE

AND DISOBEDIENCE TO, PERSONS IN AUTHORITY

AND THEIR AGENTS

Article 148. Direct assaults. - Any person or persons who,

without

a

public

uprising,

shall

employ

force

or

intimidation for the attainment of any of the purpose

enumerated in defining the crimes of rebellion and

sedition,

or

shall

attack,

employ

force,

or

seriously

intimidate or resist any person in authority or any of his

agents, while engaged in the performance of official

duties, or on occasion of such performance, shall suffer

the penalty of prision correccional in its medium and

maximum periods and a fine not exceeding Two hundred

thousand

pesos

(P200,000),

when

the

assault

is

committed with a weapon or when the offender is a

public officer or employee, or when the offender lays

hands upon a person in authority. If none of these

circumstances

be

present,

the

penalty

of

prision

correccional

in its minimum period and a fine not

exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000) shall

be imposed.

Article 149. Indirect assaults. - The penalty of prision

correccional in its minimum and medium periods and a

fine

not

exceeding

One

hundred

thousand

pesos

(P100,000) shall be imposed upon any person who shall

make use of force or intimidation upon any person

coming to the aid of the authorities or their agents on

occasion of the commission of any of the crimes defined

in the next preceding article.

Article 150. Disobedience to summons issued by the

National Assembly, its committees or subcommittees, by

the

Constitutional

Commissions,

its

committees,

subcommittees or divisions. - The penalty of arresto

mayor or a fine ranging from Forty thousand pesos

(P40,000) to Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000), or

both such fine and imprisonment shall be imposed upon

any person who, having been duly summoned to attend

as a witness before Congress, its special or standing

committees

and

subcommittees,

the

Constitutional

Commissions and its committees, subcommittees, or

divisions,

or

before

any

commission

or

committee

chairman or member authorized to summon witnesses,

refuses, without legal excuse, to obey such summons, or

being present before any such legislative or constitutional

body or official, refuses to be sworn or placed under

affirmation or to answer any legal inquiry or to produce

any

books,

papers,

documents,

or

records

in

his

possession, when required by them to do so in the

exercise of their functions. The same penalty shall be

imposed upon any person who shall restrain another

from

attending

as

a

witness,

or

who

shall

induce

disobedience to a summon or refusal to be sworn by any

such body or official.

Article 151. Resistance and disobedience to a person in

authority or the agents of such person. - The penalty of

arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding One hundred

thousand pesos (P100,000) shall be imposed upon any

person who not being included in the provisions of the

preceding articles shall resist or seriously disobey any

person in authority, or the agents of such person, while

engaged in the performance of official duties.

When the disobedience to an agent of a person in

authority is not of a serious nature, the penalty of arresto

menor or a fine ranging from Two thousand pesos

(P2,000) to Twenty thousand pesos (P20,000) shall be

imposed upon the offender.

Article 152. Persons in authority and agents of persons in

authority; Who shall be deemed as such. - In applying

the provisions of the preceding and other articles of this

Code,

any

person

directly

vested

with

jurisdiction,

whether as an individual or as a member of some court or

governmental corporation, board, or commission, shall be

deemed a person in authority. A barrio captain and a

barangay chairman shall also be deemed a person in

authority.

A person who, by direct provision of law or by election or

by appointment by competent authority, is charged with

the maintenance of public order and the protection and

security of life and property, such as a barrio councilman,

barrio policeman and barangay leader and any person

who comes to the aid of persons in authority, shall be

deemed an agent of a person in authority.

In applying the provisions of Articles 148 and 151 of this

Code, teachers, professors and persons charged with the

supervision of public or duly recognized private schools,

colleges

and

universities,

and lawyers in the actual

performance

of

their

professional

duties

or

on

the

occasion of such performance, shall be deemed persons

in authority. (As amended by PD No. 299, Sept. 19, 1973

and Batas Pambansa Blg. 873, June 12, 1985).

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