GENERAL ORDER NO. 21, January 16, 1973

[ GENERAL ORDER NO. 21, January 16, 1973 ]

FURTHER AMENDING GENERAL ORDER NO. 12 DATED SEPTEMBER 30, 1972, AS AMENDED.

General Order No. 12, dated September 30, 1972, as amended by General Order No, 12-A, 12-B, and 12-C is hereby further amended by adding sub-paragraph 21 to the disposition portion of the Order as follows:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972, do hereby order that the military tribunals authorized to be constituted under General Order No. 8, dated September 27, 1972, shall try and decide the following cases exclusive of the civil courts, unless otherwise provided hereunder:

"x x x 21. Those involving crimes against personal liberty as defined and penalized under the Revised Penal Code."

Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of January in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy three.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President

Republic of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR

Executive Secretary