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Batas Pambansa Bilang 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.
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BATAS
PAMBANSA BILANG 873AN
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.chan
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chanrobles virtual law librarySection
1. Article 152 of the Revised
Penal Code is amended as follows: chanrobles virtual law library
"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.chanrobles virtual law library
"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."chanrobles virtual law library
"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." chanrobles virtual law library
Sec.
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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