Article 22Act No. 3815, Sec./Art. 22

Retroactive effect of penal laws.-Penal laws shall have a retroactive effect in so far as they favor the person guilty of a felony, who is not a habitual criminal, as this term is defined in rule 5 of article 62 of this Code, although at the time of the publication of such laws a final sentence has been pronounced and the convict is serving the same.

REVISED PENAL CODE TEXT AND SPECIAL PENAL LAWS

Chapter Five PUBLIC DISORDERS

Article 153. Tumults and other disturbance of public

orders; Tumultuous disturbance or interruption liable to

cause disturbance. - The penalty of arresto mayor in its

medium period to prision correccional in its minimum

period and a fine not exceeding Two hundred thousand

pesos (P200,000) shall be imposed upon any person who

shall cause any serious disturbance in a public place,

office, or establishment, or shall interrupt or disturb

public performances, functions or gatherings, or peaceful

meetings, if the act is not included in the provisions of

Articles 131 and 132.

The penalty next higher in degree shall be imposed upon

persons causing any disturbance or interruption of a

tumultuous character.

The disturbance or interruption shall be deemed to be

tumultuous if caused by more than three persons who

are armed or provided with means of violence.

The penalty of arresto mayor shall be imposed upon any

person who in any meeting, association, or public place,

shall make any outcry tending to incite rebellion or

sedition

or

in

such

place

shall

display

placards

or

emblems which provoke a disturbance of the public

order.

The penalty of arresto menor and a fine not to exceed

Forty thousand pesos (P40,000) shall be imposed upon

these

persons

who

in

violation

of

the

provisions

contained in the last clause of Article 85, shall bury with

pomp

the body of a person who has been legally

executed.

Article 154. Unlawful use of means of publication and

unlawful utterances. - The penalty of arresto mayor and a

fine ranging from Forty thousand pesos (P40,000) to Two

hundred thousand pesos (P200,000) shall be imposed

upon:

1. Any person who by means of printing, lithography, or

any other means of publication shall publish or cause to

be

published

as

news

any

false

news

which

may

endanger the public order, or cause damage to the

interest or credit of the State;

2. Any person who by the same means, or by words,

utterances or speeches shall encourage disobedience to

the law or to the constituted authorities or praise, justify,

or extol any act punished by law;

3. Any person who shall maliciously publish or cause to be

published any official resolution or document without

proper authority, or before they have been published

officially; or

4. Any person who shall print, publish, or distribute or

cause to be printed, published, or distributed books,

pamphlets, periodicals, or leaflets which do not bear the

real printer's name, or which are classified as anonymous.

Article 155. Alarms and scandals. - The penalty of arresto

menor or a fine not exceeding Forty thousand pesos

(P40,000) shall be imposed upon:

1. Any person who within any town or public place, shall

discharge

any

firearm,

rocket,

firecracker,

or

other

explosives calculated to cause alarm or danger;

2. Any person who shall instigate or take an active part in

any charivari or other disorderly meeting offensive to

another or prejudicial to public tranquility;

3. Any person who, while wandering about at night or

while engaged in any other nocturnal amusements, shall

disturb the public peace; or

4. Any person who, while intoxicated or otherwise, shall

cause

any

disturbance

or

scandal

in

public

places,

provided that the circumstances of the case shall not

make the provisions of Article 153 applicable.

Article 156. Delivery of prisoners from jails. - The penalty

of

arresto mayor in its maximum period of prision

correccional in its minimum period shall be imposed

upon any person who shall remove from any jail or penal

establishment any person confined therein or shall help

the

escape

of

such

person,

by

means

of

violence,

intimidation, or bribery. If other means are used, the

penalty of arresto mayor shall be imposed.

If the escape of the prisoner shall take place outside of

said establishments by taking the guards by surprise, the

same penalties shall be imposed in their minimum

period.

Chapter Six EVASION OF SERVICE OF SENTENCE

Article 157. Evasion of service of sentence. - The penalty

of prision correccional in its medium and maximum

periods shall be imposed upon any convict who shall

evade service of his sentence by escaping during the

term of his imprisonment by reason of final judgment.

However, if such evasion or escape shall have taken place

by means of unlawful entry, by breaking doors, windows,

gates, walls, roofs, or floors, or by using picklocks, false

keys,

deceit,

violence

or

intimidation,

or

through

connivance with other convicts or employees of the penal

institution, the penalty shall be prision correccional in its

maximum period.

Article

158.

Evasion

of

service

of

sentence on the

occasion

of disorder, conflagrations, earthquakes, or

other calamities. - A convict who shall evade the service

of his sentence, by leaving the penal institution where he

shall have been confined, on the occasion of disorder

resulting from a conflagration, earthquake, explosion, or

similar catastrophe, or during a mutiny in which he has

not participated, shall suffer an increase of one-fifth of

the time still remaining to be served under the original

sentence, which in no case shall exceed six months, if he

shall fail to give himself up to the authorities within

forty-eight hours following the issuance of a proclamation

by the Chief Executive announcing the passing away of

such calamity.

Convicts who, under the circumstances mentioned in the

preceding paragraph, shall give themselves up to the

authorities within the above mentioned period of 48

hours, shall be entitled to the deduction provided in

Article 98.

Article 159. Other cases of evasion of service of sentence.

- The penalty of prision correccional in its minimum

period shall be imposed upon the convict who, having

been granted conditional pardon by the Chief Executive,

shall

violate

any

of

the conditions of such pardon.

However, if the penalty remitted by the granting of such

pardon be higher than six years, the convict shall then

suffer the unexpired portion of his original sentence.

Chapter Seven COMMISSION OF ANOTHER CRIME

DURING SERVICE OF PENALTY IMPOSED FOR

ANOTHER PREVIOUS OFFENSE

Article 160. Commission of another crime during service

of penalty imposed for another offense; Penalty. - Besides

the provisions of Rule 5 of Article 62, any person who shall

commit a felony after having been convicted by final

judgment, before beginning to serve such sentence, or

while

serving

the

same,

shall

be

punished

by the

maximum period of the penalty prescribed by law for the

new felony.

Any convict of the class referred to in this article, who is

not a habitual criminal, shall be pardoned at the age of

seventy years if he shall have already served out his

original sentence, or when he shall complete it after

reaching the said age, unless by reason of his conduct or

other circumstances he shall not be worthy of such

clemency.

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