GENERAL ORDER NO. 65, February 17, 1980

[ GENERAL ORDER NO. 65, February 17, 1980 ]

AMENDING FURTHER SECTION 1 OF GENERAL ORDER NO. 60, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

WHEREAS, the campaign against the manufacture and distribution of dangerous drugs is one of the nation’s primary concern in the fight against criminality and lawlessness;

WHEREAS, the beneficial effects of drug addiction, if not effectively checked would undermine public order and the stability of the State; and

WHEREAS, there is urgent necessity to reinforce the drive against drug addiction by including “drug-pushing” among the offenses for which an arrest, search and seizure order may be issued by the Minister of National Defense;

NOW, THAREEORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the land, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. Section 1 of General Order No. 60, as amended by General Order No. 62, is hereby further amended by adding thereto a new paragraph to be denominated as paragraph (i) which shall read as follows:

(i) Violation of Section 4 of Republic Act No. 6425, as amended, otherwise known as the Donnerous Drugs Act of 1972.

SEC. 2. All persons who are arrested for violation of Section 4 of Republic Act No. 6425, as amended, shall be committed to special rehabilitation asylums under the administration of the Dangerous Drugs Board.

SEC. 3. This Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, Philippines, this 17th day of February in the year Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty.

(SGD.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD.) JOAQUIN T. VENUS, JR. Presidential Staff Director