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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 884
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 884 -
FURTHER AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 39, AS AMENDED
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1. Paragraph 3 of the Rules governing Military
Tribunals as promulgated by Presidential Decree No. 39 is hereby
amended to read as follows: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
"3. Jurisdiction.
a. Military Commission. — All cases involving
offenses where the range of punishment that may be imposed is
confinement for at least six (6) years and one (1) day, or a fine of
not less than two thousand pesos (P2,000.00) shall be referred to a
Military Commission. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
b. Provost Court. — The following cases shall be
referred to a Provost Court:cralaw:red
(1) Where the range of punishment for the offense
charged is confinement of not more than six (6) years or a fine of less
than two thousand pesos (P2,000.00)
(2) Illegal possession of firearms or explosives
(violation of the laws on firearms and explosives as defined and
penalized in the Revised Administration Code, as amended, and General
Orders Numbered 6 and 7, as amended, in relation to Presidential Decree
No. 9); or any offenses committed with the use of an illegally
possession firearm or explosives: Provided, however, That the range of
penalty imposable for the attendant crime or crimes is within the
jurisdiction of a Provost Court as herein provided. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
c. A commissioned officer on active duty in the Armed
Forces of the Philippines, shall, in all cases, however, be tried only
by a Military Commission."
Section 2. All cases of illegal possession of
firearms or explosives now pending before Military Commissions, whether
or not there has been arraignment, shall be tried and decided by said
Military Commission. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. This decree shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 3rd day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-six.
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