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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 299
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 299
- 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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WHEREAS,
barangays (citizen assemblies) have been created throughout the land to
broaden the base of citizen participation in the democratic process and
to afford ample opportunities for the citizenry to express their views
on vital national issues;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
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; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
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 of the
objectives of the barangays (citizens assemblies).
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and
pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972, and General
Order No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, as amended, and in order to
effect the desired changes and reforms in the social, economic and
political structures in our society, do hereby order and decree the
amendment of Act No. 3815, as amended, as follows:cralaw:red
Section 1. Article one hundred and fifty-two of Act
Numbered thirty-eight hundred and fifteen, as amended, is hereby
amended to read as follows: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
"Art. 152. Persons in Authority and Agents of Person
in 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 a barrio councilman, barrio policeman and barangay leader and any
person who comes to thed 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,
shall be deemed persons in authority."
Section 2. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 19th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-three.
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