PROHIBITING
AND PENALIZING THE GRANTING OF PERMITS FOR THE HOLDING OF PUBLIC
RALLIES,
DEMONSTRATIONS, ASSEMBLIES AND SIMILAR MEETINGS TO PERSONS FOUND GUILTY
OF REBELLION, SEDITION OR SUBVERSION WHO HAVE NOT BEEN GRANTED AMNESTY
THEREFOR, AND TO PERSONS CHARGED WITH ANY OF SAID CRIMES.
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WHEREAS,
it is necessary in the interest of public order and safety to regulate
the exercise of the power of local officials to grant permits to hold
public
rallies, mass demonstrations, assemblies and similar meetings in order
to ensure that the dissident elements in society are not provided with
potent avenues for furthering their subversive, or seditious, or
unlawful
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NOW,
THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by
virtue
of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and
decree
as part of the law of the land the following:.chan
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Section
1. No permit to hold public rallies,
mass demonstrations, assemblies and similar meetings shall be granted
to
persons who have been found guilty of rebellion, sedition or
subversion,
and who have not been granted amnesty therefor; or to persons who have
pending charges for any of the aforesaid crimes..chan
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Sec.
2. The penalty of prision correccional
in its medium period to prision mayor in its minimum period shall be
imposed
upon the public officer or employee who violates the provision of this
decree..chan
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Sec.
3. Any provision of law, rule
or regulation contrary to or in conflict with this decree shall be
considered
repealed or modified accordingly..chan
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4. This Decree shall take effect
immediately..chan
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Done
in the City of Manila, this 16th day of January, 1981..chan
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