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Section 1. Article one hundred and thirty-nine of Act Numbered Three thousand eight hundred and fifteen, known as the revised Penal Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: "ARTICLE 139. Sedition. — How
committed. — The crime of sedition is committed by persons who rise
publicly and tumultuously in order to attain by force, intimidation, or
by other means outside of legal methods, any of the following objects: "1. Section 2. "ARTICLE 142. Inciting to
sedition. — The penalty of prision correccional in its maximum period
and a fine of not exceeding 2,000 pesos shall be imposed upon any
person who, without taking any direct part in the crime of sedition,
should incite others to the accomplishment of any of the acts which
constitute sedition, by means of speeches, proclamations, writings,
emblems, cartoons, banners, or other representations tending to the
same end, or upon any person or persons who shall utter seditious words
or speeches, write, publish, or circulate scurrilous libels against the
Government of the United States or the Government of the Commonwealth
of the Philippines, or any of the duly constituted authorities thereof,
or which tend to disturb or obstruct any lawful officer in executing
the functions of his office, or which tend to instigate others to cabal
or meet together for unlawful purposes, or which suggest or incite
rebellious conspiracies or riots, or which lead or tend to stir up the
people of the community, the safety and order of the Government, or who
shall knowingly conceal such evil practices." Section 3. "ARTICLE 154. "1. Section 4. |
Since 19.07.98.