GENERAL ORDER NO. 38, September 19, 1973

[ GENERAL ORDER NO. 38, September 19, 1973 ]

AUTHORIZING THE ARREST AND DETENTION OF ANY PERSON INVOLVED IN CRIMES PUNISHABLE UNDER THE REVISED PENAL CODE AND OTHER SPECIAL LAWS COMMITTED AGAINST TOURISTS AND TRANSIENTS.

General Order No. 2, dated September 22, 1972, as amended, is further amended by including the following provision:

"23. Any person or persons who may have committed any crime under the Revised Penal Code or special laws where the offended party is in the Philippines as a tourist or a transient."

Done in the City of Manila, this 19th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President

Republic of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES

Acting Executive Secretary