AMENDING ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED THE REVISED PENAL CODE.

WHEREAS, barangays (citizens 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;

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;

WHEREAS, the barangay chairman and the barangay leaders as
responsible officials of the barangay (citizens 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 structure in our society, do
hereby order and decree the amendment of Act No. 3815, as amended, as

follows:

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:

“ART. 152. Persons in Authority and Agents of Persons 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 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, shall be deemed persons
in authority.”

SEC. 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.

			(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President Republic of the Philippines
	By the President:
	(Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES
		Acting Executive Secretary