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

MALACAÑANGM a n i l a 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 movement while in the prosecution...