Text of the provision
Art. 118. Inciting to war or giving motives for reprisals. -The penalty of reclusion temporal shall be imposed upon any public officer or employee, and that of prision mayor upon any private individual, who, by unlawful or unauthorized acts provokes or gives occasion for a war involving or liable to involve the Philippine Islands or exposes Filipino citizens to reprisals on their persons or property.
Revised Penal Code of the Philippines, Act No. 3815, as amended. Reproduced in full from the official enactment and verified against the LawPhil and ChanRobles renderings.
What this article means
Reclusion temporal is imposed on a public officer or employee, and prision mayor on a private individual, who by unlawful or unauthorised acts provokes or gives occasion for a war involving or liable to involve the country, or exposes Filipino citizens to reprisals on their persons or property.
Related provisions
- Article 114 — Treason Against The Philippines.
- Article 119 — Violation Of Neutrality.
On this text. This article is reproduced as the Revised Penal Code enacted it, verified word-for-word against two independent sources. Republic Act No. 10951 (2017) revised the penalty amounts in many other articles of this Code; where an amount appears below it is the figure this article itself carries.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.