Act No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 232

Disobedience to order of superior officer, when said order was suspended by inferior officer.

Article 232

ART. 232. Disobedience to order of superior officer, when said order was suspended by inferior officer.—Any public officer who, having for any reason suspended the execution of the orders of his superiors, shall disobey such superiors after the latter have disapproved the suspension, shall suffer the penalties of prision correccional in its minimum and medium periods and perpetual special disqualification.

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