Article 133.

Offending the
religious feelings
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Sta. Iglesia, Denie

 Provisions

-“Interruption of religious worship" and
"offending the religious feelings" are punishable by
law. "Interruption of religious worship" is defined as
"preventing or disturbing the ceremonies or
manifestations of any religion" and "offending the
religious feelings" is defined as "performing acts
notoriously offensive to the feelings of the faithful"
in a place devoted to religious worship or during the
celebration of any religious ceremony.
 Elements
-As defined, two

essential elements must be
present under this article, to wit:

(1) That the facts complained of were performed

in a place devoted to religious worship or during the
celebration of any religious ceremony; and

(2) that the said act or acts must be notoriously

offensive to the feelings of the faithful.
 Natures of the Crime

-Justice Albert, commenting on the article,
has this to say: "An act is said to be notoriously
offensive to the religious feelings of the faithful
when a person ridicules or makes light of
anything constituting a religious dogma; works
or scoffs at anything devoted to religious
ceremonies; plays with or damages or destroys
any object of veneration by the faithful."
 Article 134
Rebellion or
Insurrection
 Provisions

-Penalty for rebellion, insurrection or coup
d'état.

- Any person who promotes, maintains or

heads a rebellion or insurrection shall suffer
the penalty of reclusion Perpetua. “Any person
merely participating or executing the
commands of others in a rebellion or
insurrection shall suffer the penalty of reclusion
temporal.
 Elements

-It is obvious from this that there are only
two ingredients or elements of the crime of
rebellion, namely:

(a) a public armed uprising against the

government; and
(b) the political purpose or purposes
mentioned in article 134 of our Revised Penal
Code.
 Nature of the Crime

- The crime of rebellion or insurrection is
committed by rising publicly and taking arms
against the government for the purpose of
removing from the allegiance to said Government
or its laws, the territory of the Republic of the
Philippines or any part thereof, of any body of
land, naval or other armed forces, or depriving the
Chief Executive or the Legislature, wholly or
partially, of any of their powers or prerogatives.