Text of the provision
Art. 151. Resistance and disobedience to a person in authority or the agents of such person - The penalty of arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (₱100,000) shall be imposed upon any person who not being included in the provisions of the preceding articles shall resist or seriously disobey any person in authority, or the agents of such person, while engaged in the performance of official duties. When the disobedience to an agent of a person in authority is not of a serious nature, the penalty of arresto menor or a fine ranging from Two thousand pesos (₱2,000) to Twenty thousand pesos (₱20,000) shall be imposed upon the offender.
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
Resisting or seriously disobeying a person in authority or his agent who is performing official duties draws arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (₱100,000). Where the disobedience to an agent is not serious, the penalty is arresto menor or a fine from Two thousand pesos (₱2,000) to Twenty thousand pesos (₱20,000).
Questions about this provision
Related provisions
- Article 150 — Disobedience To Legislative Summons.
- Article 153 — Tumults And Public Disturbances.
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.