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Republic Act No. 6968
AN
ACT PUNISHING THE CRIME OF COUP D'ÉTAT BY AMENDING ARTICLES 134,
135 AND 136 OF CHAPTER ONE, TITLE THREE OF ACT
NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE
REVISED
PENAL CODE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
REPUBLIC
ACT NO. 6968AN
ACT PUNISHING THE CRIME OF COUP D'ÉTAT BY AMENDING ARTICLES 134,
135 AND 136 OF CHAPTER ONE, TITLE THREE OF ACT
NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE
REVISED
PENAL CODE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Section
1. The heading of Chapter One,
Title Three of the Revised
Penal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "REBELLION, COUP
D'ÉTAT,
SEDITION AND DISLOYALTY".
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Sec.
2. Article 134 of the Revised
Penal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Article
134. Rebellion or insurrection
— How committed. — "The crime of rebellion or insurrection is committed
by rising and taking arms against the Government for the purpose of
removing
from the allegiance to said Government or its laws, the territory of
the
Republic of the Philippines or any part thereof, of any body of land,
naval
or other armed forces, or depriving the Chief Executive or the
Legislature,
wholly or partially, of any of their powers or prerogatives."chanrobles virtuallaw libraryred
Sec.
3. Chapter One, Title Three of
the Revised
Penal Code is hereby further amended by adding a new article as
follows:chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
"Art.
134-A. Coup D'ÉTAT. —
How committed. — The crime of coup D'ÉTAT is a swift attack
accompanied
by violence, intimidation, threat, strategy or stealth, directed
against
duly constituted authorities of the Republic of the Philippines, or any
military camp or installation, communications networks, public
utilities
or other facilities needed for the exercise and continued possession of
power, singly or simultaneously carried out anywhere in the Philippines
by any person or persons, belonging to the military or police or
holding
any public office or employment, with or without civilian support or
participation,
for the purpose of seizing or diminishing state power."
Sec.
4. Article 135 of the Revised
Penal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Art.
135. Penalty for rebellion, insurrection
or coup D'ÉTAT. — Any person who promotes, maintains or heads a
rebellion or insurrection shall suffer the penalty of reclusion
perpetua."Any
person merely participating or executing the commands of others in a
rebellion
or insurrection shall suffer the penalty of reclusion temporal.chanrobles virtual law library
"Any
person who leads or in any manner directs or commands others to
undertake
a coup D'ÉTAT shall suffer the penalty of reclusion
perpetua. chanrobles virtuallaw libraryred
"Any
person in the government service who participates, or executes
directions
or commands of others in undertaking a coup D'ÉTAT shall suffer
the penalty of reclusion temporal in its maximum period. chanrobles virtuallaw libraryred
"Any
person not in the government service who participates, or in any manner
supports, finances, abets or aids in undertaking a coup D'ÉTAT
shall
suffer the penalty of prision mayor in its maximum period.chanrobles virtuallaw libraryred
"When
the rebellion, insurrection, or coup D'ÉTAT shall be under the
command
of unknown leaders, any person who in fact directed the others, spoke
for
them, signed receipts and other documents issued in their name, or
performed
similar acts, on behalf of the rebels shall be deemed a leader of such
rebellion, insurrection, or coup D'ÉTAT."
Sec.
5. Article 136 of the Revised
Penal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: chanrobles virtuallaw libraryred
"Art.
136. Conspiracy and proposal
to commit coup D'ÉTAT, rebellion or insurrection. — The
conspiracy
and proposal to commit coup D'ÉTAT shall be punished by prision
mayor in its minimum period and a fine which shall not exceed eight
thousand
pesos (P8,000.00).chanrobles virtuallaw libraryred
"The
conspiracy and proposal to commit rebellion or insurrection shall be
punished,
respectively, by prision correccional in its maximum period and a fine
which shall not exceed five thousand pesos (P5,000.00), and by prision
correccional in its medium period and a fine not exceeding two thousand
pesos (P2,000.00)."
Sec.
6. Repealing Clause. — All laws,
executive orders, rules and regulations, or any part thereof
inconsistent
herewith are deemed repealed or modified accordingly. chanrobles virtuallaw libraryred
Sec.
7. Separability Clause. — If
for any reason, any section or provision of this Act, or any part
thereof,
or the application of such section, provision, or portion is declared
invalid
or unconstitutional, the remainder thereof shall not be effected by
such
declaration.chanrobles virtual law library
Sec.
8. Effectivity. — This Act shall
take effect upon its approval and publication in at least two (2)
newspapers
of general circulation.
Approved:
October 24, 1990
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