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Article 131Prohibition, interruption, and dissolution of peaceful meetings

Act No. 3815 · Revised Penal CodeKey provision

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Prohibition, interruption, and dissolution of peaceful meetings.

Official text — Act No. 3815

Prohibition, interruption, and dissolution of peaceful meetings.

-The penalty of prision correccional in its minimum period shall be imposed upon any public officer or employee who, without legal ground, shall prohibit or interrupt the holding of a peaceful meeting, or shall dissolve the same.

The same penalty shall be imposed upon a public officer or employee who shall hinder any person from joining any lawful association or from attending any of its meetings.

The same penalty shall be imposed upon any public officer or employee who shall prohibit or hinder any person from addressing, either alone or together with others, any petition to the authorities for the correction of abuses or redress of grievances.

SECTION FOUR.-Crimes against religious worship

Source: lawphil.net (Act No. 3815 as amended)

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