Commonwealth Act no. 578

• Commonwealth Act No. 578


  An act to amend Article One Hundred Fifty-Two of the Revised Penal Code, so as to include teachers, professors, and persons charged with the supervision of public or duly recognized private schools, colleges, and universities, within the term "persons in authority"
• Article 152 of the Revised Penal Code


  1. Persons in authority - Who shall be deemed as such

  2. In applying the provisions of articles one hundred forty-eight and one hundred fifty-one of this Code, teachers, professors, and persons charged with the supervision of public or duly recognized private schools, colleges, and universities, shall be deemed persons in authority
• Commonwealth Act No. 578 took effect


  June 8, 1940