Amending Article One Hundred Fifty-Two Of Act Numbered Thirty Eight Hundred And Fifteen, As Amended, Entitled The Revised Penal Code

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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 299 September 19, 1973

AMENDING ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED THE REVISED PENAL CODE

WHEREAS, barangays (citizen assemblies) have been created throughout the land to broader the base of citizen participation in the democratic process and to afford ample opportunites for the citizentry to express their views national issues;

WHEREAS, the responsibility for the successful operation of the various barangays (citizens assemblies) has been reposed on the barrio captains and council members in municipal districts, municipalities or chartered cities where there are barrios or on the barangay chairman and barangay leaders where there are no barrios existing;

WHEREAS, the barangay chairman and the barangay leaders as responsible officials of the barangay (citizen assembly) have been vested with same authority and/or responsibility as that of the barrio captain and the council members, respectively; and

WHEREAS, there is a need to safeguard their persons against harm or injury as not to hamper their...

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Amending Article 152 of the Revised Penal Code

- Defines who shall be deemed as "persons in authority" for the purposes of the Revised Penal Code (Section 1):
  - Any person directly vested with jurisdiction, whether as an individual or as a member of a court, governmental corporation, board, or commission
  - Barrio captains and barangay chairmen

- Defines who shall be deemed as "agents of persons in authority" (Section 1):
  - Any person charged with the maintenance of public order and the protection and security of life and property, such as barrio councilmen, barrio policemen, and barangay leaders
  - Any person who comes to the aid of persons in authority

- Clarifies that teachers, professors, and persons charged with the supervision of public or duly recognized private schools, colleges, and universities shall be deemed persons in authority for the purposes of Articles 148 and 151 of the Revised Penal Code (Section 1)