MEMORANDUM
CIRCULAR NO. 10 [1978]
TO: COURT
OF APPEALS, COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE, CIRCUIT CRIMINAL COURTS AND CITY
AND MUNICIPAL COURTS
SUBJECT:
GRANTING THE MILITARY TRIBUNALS EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OVER CASES OF
ARSON
AND OTHER CRIMES INVOLVING DESTRUCTION AS DEFINED IN ARTICLES 320 TO
326-B
OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE.
For the
information
and guidance of all concerned, reproduced hereinbelow is the complete
text
of General Order No. 63 of the President of the Philippines dated
August
8, 1978, to wit:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
"MALACANANG
PALACEManila"GENERAL
ORDER NO. 63
"WHEREAS, the
crime
of arson and other crimes involving destruction has proliferated in the
country causing thereby economic dislocation;
"WHEREAS, one
of
the causes of the proliferation of arson is due to the delay in the
prosecution
of the same;
"NOW,
THEREFORE,
I, PRESIDENT FERDINAND E. MARCOS, by virtue of the powers vested in me
by the Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines, hereby decree
that
the crime of arson and other crimes involving destruction as defined in
Articles 320 to 326-B of the Revised Penal Code, shall be under the
exclusive
jurisdiction of Military Tribunals: Provided, That those cases
now
pending trial before the Civil Courts where the accused had been
arraigned,
shall continue to be tried by said Courts.
"This Order
shall
take effect immediately.
"Done in
the City
of Manila, this 8th day of August in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen
Hundred
and seventy-eight.
[Sgd.]
FERDINAND
E. MARCOS"President
of the Philippines"Strict
compliance herewith
is hereby enjoined.
Manila, September
6, 1978.
[Sgd.]
FRED
RUIZ CASTROChief
Justice
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