Text of the provision
Art. 136. Conspiracy and proposal to commit coup d’etat, rebellion, or insurrection - The conspiracy and proposal to commit coup d’etat shall be punished by prisión mayor in its minimum period and a fine which shall not exceed One million pesos (₱1,000,000). 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).
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
Merely agreeing or proposing to stage a coup d’etat is punished by prisión mayor in its minimum period and a fine not exceeding One million pesos (₱1,000,000). For rebellion or insurrection, conspiracy draws prisión correccional in its maximum period with a fine not exceeding One million pesos (₱1,000,000), and proposal draws prisión correccional in its medium period with a fine not exceeding Four hundred thousand pesos (₱400,000).
Related provisions
- Article 132 — Interruption Of Religious Worship.
- Article 141 — Conspiracy To Commit Sedition.
Penalty amounts. The text above is the article as amended by Republic Act No. 10951 (2017), which revised the property values and fines throughout this Code. Older reproductions of the Revised Penal Code still print the 1930 amounts — for theft and estafa they show 12,000 and 22,000 pesos where the current figures run to millions. Check which version any source you rely on is giving you.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.