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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1727-A
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO.
1727-A - PROHIBITING AND PENALIZING THE GRANT 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 activities;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
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 follows:cralaw:red
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 of any of the aforesaid crimes.
Section 2. The penalty of prision correccional
in its medium period to prision mayor in its maximum period shall be
imposed upon any public officer or employee who violates the provisions
of this decree.
Section 3. Any provision of law, rule or regulation
contrary to or in conflict with this decree shall be considered, and
is, hereby, repealed or modified accordingly.
Section 4. This Decree shall take effect
immediately. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Done in the City of Manila,
this 8th day of October in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty.
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