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| BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 873 - AN ACT
AMENDING ARTICLE 152 OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE BY CONSIDERING LAWYERS
AS PERSONS IN AUTHORITY WHEN IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES OR ON
THE OCCASION THEREOF |
| SECTION
1. Article 152 of the Revised Penal Code is amended
as follows: "Art. 152.
Persons in authority and agents of persons is 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.
"Any 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 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."
SECTION 2. After approval, this amendment shall take effect thirty (30) days after its publication in the Official Gazette. Approved, June 12, 1985. |


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