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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1053
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1053 -
PRESCRIBING THE MANNER OF SERVING THE SENTENCE IMPOSED UPON PERSONS WHO
FAIL TO CAST THEIR VOTES WITHOUT JUSTIFIABLE CAUSE
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WHEREAS, it
is the duty and obligation of every Filipino citizen to exercise the
right of suffrage and failure to do so is penalized in Presidential
Decree No. 229;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, despite the condonation of the failure of qualified citizens
to register and/or cast their votes in previous referenda, in order to
preserve national unity, there are still elements in our society who
not only have failed to perform this duty in the last
referendum-plebiscite but also have influenced others to adopt the same
course of action;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, there is a compelling need to adopt a procedure which can
adequately meet the problems that may arise as a result of the strict
enforcement of the penal sanctions in the above-cited decree.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
decree and order as follows:cralaw:red
Section 1. Any person who shall have been convicted
for failure to cast his vote without justifiable cause as provided in
Section 17(j) of Presidential Decree No. 229 shall, at the discretion
of the municipal judge or city judge, as the case may be, serve the
sentence imposed upon him either in the appropriate jail or in the
following manner.
(a) He may be confined to his residence or any
habitation for the duration of the sentence;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(b) In addition to (a), he may be made to participate
in construction, gardening, maintenance or agricultural activities in
projects national, provincial or municipal in scope for the duration of
the sentence; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(c) He shall report once a day to the chief of police
of the city or municipality of his residence, as the case may be, or
his duly designated representative, at a definite time to be prescribed
by said chief of police.
Section 2. Failure to report as required in paragraph
(c) of the preceding section without justifiable cause shall constitute
a new offense, the penalty for which shall not exceed that originally
imposed upon him under section 1 hereof, the offender to be confined in
the municipal or city jail, as the case may be, after his original
sentence shall have been fully served. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. All laws, executive orders, decrees, rules
and regulations, or parts thereof inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
Section 4. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 25th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-six.
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