PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE

Republic of the Philippines

ARTICLE HANDBOOK

INFORMATION:

SECTION I
● Minor Articles

SECTION II
● Moderate Articles

SECTION III
● Major Articles

MINOR ARTICLES

ARTICLE 78 - ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT

● An accessory is a person who assists in the commission of a crime but does not actually
participate in it. The distinction between a principal and an accessory is one of fact and degree:
ARTICLE 79 - OFFENSES AGAINST CORRECTIONAL

● When a person violates the correctional officer's authority, that person is found guilty of the
allegation leveled against him.

ARTICLE 80 - ATTEMPTS

● There is a severe punishment for anyone who attempts to harm another person or another subject.

ARTICLE 81 - CONSPIRACY

● Conspiracy is when two or more people agree to do something illegal; this is a requirement for
committing organized crime. By making the planning (or agreement) stage of a crime illegal, the
conspiracy crime aims to extend responsibility "backwards."

ARTICLE 82 - SOLICITATION

● Offering or attempting to acquire products and/or services is known as solicitation. Legal

standing may vary depending on the situation's timing or location.

ARTICLE 83 - FRAUDULENT ENLISTMENT, AND APPOINTMENT

● When an applicant provides false information about matters that would constitute either an
absolute bar to enlistment or a bar to enlistment without a waiver from the service branch, he or
she commits the offense of fraudulent enlistment.

ARTICLE 92 - BREACH OF ARREST

● The military offense committed by a person who has been instructed to stay in a specific location
and is suspected of misconduct but leaves against orders.

ARTICLE 96 - MISBEHAVIOR BEFORE THE ENEMY

● When a service member engages in a number of despicable actions while in the face of the
enemy, such as fleeing or refusing to aid those who are fighting the enemy.

ARTICLE 107 - UNAUTHORIZED DUELING

● Dueling is an unauthorized use of force and an infringement on state authority. Dueling is thus
properly prohibited.

ARTICLE 113 - DOCUMENT FORGERY

 ● The act of making, modifying, or imitating items or documents is known as forgery. Money,
works of art, documents, certificates, and identity are among the most frequently faked items.
Forgeries frequently go hand in hand with other types of fraud, such as check, insurance, or
application fraud.

ARTICLE 117 - PERJURY

● The deliberate act of taking a false oath or fabricating an affirmation to speak the truth—whether
spoken or in writing—about things relevant to a formal action is known as perjury.

ARTICLE 119 - IMMATURITY AS AN OFFICER

● Misbehavior and disregard for officer-specified behavioral rules; officer who exhibits improper
behavior towards all PNP personnel.

ARTICLE 148 - ILLEGAL DISMISSAL OF ENLISTED OR OFFICER

● Unjustified dismissal of an officer or enlisted.

MODERATE ARTICLES

ARTICLE 88-A - ASSAULTING A SUPERIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICER

● When a higher-ranking commissioned officer is willfully mistreated, killed, or attempted to be

killed.

ARTICLE 88-B - INSUBORDINATION AGAINST A SUPERIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICER

● the inability to follow instructions from senior commissioned officers or perform their assigned
duties.

ARTICLE 89 - FAILURE TO OBEY REGULATIONS

● Refusing to heed commands from superiors or illegally disobeying regulations imposed by the
armed forces, the government, one's own division, or the court itself.

ARTICLE 90 - CRUELTY AND MALTREATMENT

 ● Abusive, inappropriate, and brutal treatment of others, often done to undermine morale.

ARTICLE 95 - NONCOMPLIANCE WITH

PROCEDURAL RULES

● Violation of a number of procedures, frequently involving law enforcement or the court

ARTICLE 98 - FORCED SAFEGUARD

● To protect items, sites, or people acquired from the enemy but not often important to the military
forces, order is frequently superfluous or for personal gain.

ARTICLE 102 - DESTRUCTION, SALE, OR

WRONGFUL INCINERATION OF MILITARY ITEMS

● Property belonging to the military forces should not be misused, sold, destroyed, or improperly
incinerated.

ARTICLE 105 - ILLEGAL POSSESSION AND USAGE OF MILITARY ASSETS

● Unauthorized use of goods that the armed forces have purchased, produced, or provided

ARTICLE 108 - MALINGERING

● Dissimulating real-world problems in order to be awarded a discharge, earn compensation, or

generally avoid military service and/or criminal punishment.

ARTICLE 109 - RIOT AND BREACH OF PEACE

● Breaking the peace amongst groups, divisions, or personnels by inciting conflict.

ARTICLE 110 - PROVOKING SPEECH OR GESTURE

● Pushing someone to use hostile language and actions against another individual OR encouraging
someone to make discriminatory or bigoted statements.

ARTICLE 117-A - FALSE SWEARING

● False swearing, also known as corrupt swearing or deposing falsely in a sworn statement
respecting some fact before an official, is when a statement is made under oath with knowledge
and intent to deceive.

ARTICLE 122 - BRIBERY

 ● Paying money to someone—typically a law enforcement official or a court-appointed
representative—in order to escape being sent in jail or receiving a military sentence or, more
nefariously, to get a case decided in the defendant's favor.

ARTICLE 124 - DISORDERLY CONDUCT

● Behavior that is inconsistent in front of the public and media.

ARTICLE 126 - DISCHARGING FIREARM NEGLIGENTLY

● Unplanned gunshot that could put someone in danger and result in harm or death.

ARTICLE 149 - FREE RANKING

● Providing a free rank.

ARTICLE 150 - ABUSE OF ADMIN PRIVILEGES

● Using your admin rights (admin command) improperly, such as by using them for superfluous
tasks or in a way that could put other people in danger.

ARTICLE 151 - ILLEGAL COMMISSIONING OF A RETIRED OFFICER OR SUPERIOR

● Commissioning a recently retired officer or superior.

MAJOR ARTICLES

ARTICLE 84 - DESERTION

● Leaving without a valid or honorable discharge, as well as abandoning your divisional position in
order to avoid returning.

ARTICLE 85 - TREASON

● Assisting the enemy or a violently opposing group by providing them with additional weapons or
means to kill soldiers, as well as engaging in espionage and spying, constitutes betraying the
armed forces

ARTICLE 86 - CONTEMPT TOWARDS OFFICIALS

 ● Any commissioned officer who acts disrespectfully toward headquarters employees with their
words, their intentions, or their behavior.

ARTICLE 87 - DISRESPECT AGAINST A SUPERIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICER

● Anyone who violates this chapter by behaving disrespectfully toward a higher-ranking

commissioned officer shall be punished.

ARTICLE 91 - MUTINY

● A rebellion against established authority or an instigation to one.

ARTICLE 93 - UNWARRANTED LIFTING OF CHARGES

● Unlawfully accusing someone of anything or making an offense out of something without

adequate justification or proof.

ARTICLE 94 - UNWARRANTED DETENTION AND ARREST

● Unlawfully holding someone in custody or detention without adequate justification or proof.

ARTICLE 99 - FAILURE TO HAND OVER CAPTURED PROPERTY TO THE AUTHORITIES

● Failure to submit such property to the appropriate authorities OR the selling of assets—often
those taken from the enemy—without authorization.

ARTICLE 101 - FALSE OFFICIAL STATEMENTS

● A claim that is published despite the author knowing or believing it to be false or inaccurate.

ARTICLE 111 - LARCENY

● Acquiring property through deceit or fraud from the military, headquarters, developers, or
personnel.

ARTICLE 112 - ROBBERY OF MILITARY ASSETS

● Stealing assets from the PNP

ARTICLE 115 - EXTORTION

● Taking someone's assets, property, or finances by using torture, fear, or intimidation.

ARTICLE 116 - ASSAULT

● Knowingly leading another person to believe something is wrong, usually with the intent to cause
long-term harm.

ARTICLE 120 - SEXUAL ASSAULT

● Assaulting someone sexually or by sexually provocative behavior.

ARTICLE 121 - ASSAULT WITH THE INTENTION TO COMMIT VOLUNTARY MURDER

● Causing deliberate harm or attack with the purpose to kill.

ARTICLE 121-A - GENOCIDE

● Massively killing people on purpose over a short period of time.

ARTICLE 152 - REGIMENTAL HOPPING

● Changing regiments within two days of the discharge of their previous one, applying for a
regiment while in another, or leaving two or more regiments for every two weeks of service are
all prohibited.

"If you are found to have violated any of these, you will be punished; the severity of the punishment will
depend on how seriously you took the case you made."

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE BY: 10KAPHRODITE