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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1736
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1736 -
AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED ANTI-SUBVERSION LAW, AS AMENDED
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WHEREAS,
reports of law enforcement agencies reveal that the activities of the
criminal elements in the country engaged in subversive acts, have been
deriving and receiving support not necessarily from foreign
governments, but from foreign private sources; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it is imperative to redefine the scope of subversive
associations in order to outlaw organizations which are supported by
any foreign source, public or private.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS. President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree the following:cralaw:red
Section 1. Section two of Presidential Decree
numbered eight hundred eighty-five otherwise known as the Revised
Anti-Subversive Law, is hereby amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 2. Subversive Associations and Organizations. —
Any association organization, political party, or group of persons
organized for the purpose of overthrowing the Government of the
Republic of the Philippines or for the purpose of removing from the
allegiance to said government or its laws, the territory of the
Philippines or any part thereof, with the open or covert assistance or
support of a foreign power or the open or covert support from a foreign
source any association, group or person whether public or private, by
force, violence, terrorism, arson, assassination, deceit or other
illegal means shall be considered and is hereby declared a subversive
organization."
Section 2. This Act shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila this
12th day of September in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and eighty.
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