Proposal to commit rebellion or insurrection, Revised Penal Code

1. Concept

The conspiracy and proposal to commit rebellion or insurrection shall be punished respectively, by prisión correccional in its maximum period and a fine which shall not exceed One million pesos (₱1,000,000) and by prisión correccional in its medium period and a fine not exceeding Four hundred thousand pesos (₱400,000). (Paragraph 2, Article 136, Act No. 3815, Revised Penal Code)

2. Mode of commission

Elements of the offense:

1) The offender proposed to commit rebellion or insurrection

References

Title 3 – Crimes Against Public Order, Book 2, Revised Penal Code

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