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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 33
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 33 -
PENALIZING THE PRINTING, POSSESSION, DISTRIBUTION AND CIRCULATION OF
CERTAIN LEAFLETS, HANDBILLS AND PROPAGANDA MATERIALS AND THE INSCRIBING
OR DESIGNING OF GRAFFITI
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081,
dated September 21, 1972, the Philippine has been placed under a state
of martial law;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the martial law has been declared because of the anarchy and
disorder perpetuated by a group of men pursuing a sinister campaign of
vilification against political institutions of our country;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it is necessary to curb this nefarious campaign;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, Commander-in-Chief of all Armed
Forces of the Philippines, in order to attain the desire results of the
aforesaid Proclamation do hereby order and decree that; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(1) That penalty of prision correccional in its
minimum period shall be imposed upon any person who, without taking up
arms or being in open hostility against the government or without
inciting others to the execution of any act of rebellion, shall print
or publish any handbill, leaflet, poster or other similar materials, or
shall possess, distribute or circulate any such printed or published
materials, or shall draw, write or sketch any immoral or indecent or
word on any wall, fence, sidewalk or any other visible public or
private place, which incites or tends to incite people to violence or
to disregard, ridicule, defy or ignore any lawful order or act of the
government or any of its officers or which, in any case, tends to
undermine the integrity of the government or the stability of the State.
(2) This decree shall take effect after its
publication in any newspaper of general circulation.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 28th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-two.
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