Crimes Against National Security and Law of Nation

ACT NO. 3815 AN ACT REVISING THE PENAL CODE AND OTHER PENAL LAWS (December 8, 1930) BOOK TWO CRIMES AND PENALTIES Title One CRIMES AGAINST NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE LAW OF NATIONS Chapter One CRIMES AGAINST NATIONAL SECURITY Section One. — Treason and espionage Art. 114. Treason. — Any person who, owing allegiance to (the United States or) the Government of the Philippine Islands, not being a foreigner, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid or comfort within the Philippine Islands or elsewhere, shall be punished by reclusion temporal to death and shall pay a fine not to exceed...

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