Article 148 Revised Penal Code

Article 148 of the Revised Penal Code is about Direct assaults. It is under Chapter Four (Assault Upon, And Resistance And Disobedience To, Persons In Authority And Their Agents) of Title Three (Crimes Against Public Order) of the Code.

Direct assaults

Any person or persons who, without a public uprising, shall employ force or intimidation for the attainment of any of the purpose enumerated in defining the crimes of rebellion and sedition, or shall attack, employ force, or seriously intimidate or resist any person in authority or any of his agents, while engaged in the performance of official duties, or on occasion of such performance, shall suffer the penalty of prision correccional in its medium and maximum periods and a fine not exceeding P1,000 pesos, when the assault is committed with a weapon or when the offender is a public officer or employee, or when the offender lays hands upon a person in authority. If none of these circumstances be present, the penalty of prision correccional in its minimum period and a fine not exceeding P500 pesos shall be imposed.

See also: Article 147 Revised Penal Code