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Republic Act No. 1700
Anti-Subversion
Act
AN
ACT TO OUTLAW THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE PHILIPPINES AND SIMILAR
ASSOCIATIONS,
PENALIZING MEMBERSHIP THEREIN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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REPUBLIC
ACT NO. 1700AN
ACT TO OUTLAW THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE PHILIPPINES AND SIMILAR
ASSOCIATIONS,
PENALIZING MEMBERSHIP THEREIN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
(This
law has been repealed by Republic
Act No. 7636)chan
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chan
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virtual law libraryWHEREAS,
the Communist Party of the Philippines, although purportedly a
political
party, is in fact an organized conspiracy to overthrow the Government
of
the Republic of the Philippines not only by force and violence but also
by deceit, subversion and other illegal means, for the purpose of
establishing
in the Philippines a totalitarian regime subject to alien domination
and
control;
WHEREAS,
the continued existence and activities of the Communist Party of the
Philippines
constitutes a clear, present and grave danger to the security of the
Philippines;
and
WHEREAS,
in the face of the organized, systematic and persistent subversion,
national
in scope but international in direction, posed by the Communist Party
of
the Philippines and its activities, there is urgent need for special
legislation
to cope with this continuing menace to the freedom and security of the
country: Now, therefore,
Section
1.This Act shall be known as "Anti-Subversion
Act."
Sec.
2. The Congress hereby
declares the Communist Party of the Philippines to be an organized
conspiracy
to overthrow the Government of the Republic of the Philippines for the
purpose of establishing in the Philippines a totalitarian regime and
place
the Government under the control and domination of an alien power. The
said party and any other organization having the same purpose and their
successors are hereby declared illegal and outlawed.
Sec.
3. As used in this Act,
the term "Communist Party of the Philippines" shall mean and include
the
organizations now known as the Communist Party of the Philippines and
its
military arm, the Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan, formerly known as
HUKBALAHAPS,
and any successors of such organizations.cralaw:red
Sec.
4. After the approval of
this Act, whoever knowingly, willfully and by overt acts affiliates
himself
with, becomes or remains a member of the Communist Party of the
Philippines
and/or its successor or of any subversive association as defined in
section
two hereof shall be punished by the penalty of arresto mayor and shall
be disqualified permanently from holding any public office, appointive
and elective, and from exercising the right to vote; in case of a
second
conviction, the principal penalty shall be prision correccional, and in
all subsequent convictions the penalty of prision mayor shall be
imposed; and any alien convicted under this Act shall be deported
immediately
after he shall have served the sentence imposed upon him: Provided,
That
if such member is an officer or a ranking leader of the Communist Party
of the Philippines or of any subversive association as defined in
section
two hereof, or if such member takes up arms against the Government, he
shall be punished by prision mayor to death with all the accessory
penalties
provided therefor in the Revised Penal Code: And provided, finally,
That
one who conspires with any other person to overthrow the Government of
the Republic of the Philippines or the government of any of its
political
subdivisions by force, violence, deceit, subversion or other illegal
means,
for the purpose of placing such Government or political subdivision
under
the control and domination of any alien power, shall be punished by
prision
correccional to prision mayor with all the accessory penalties provided
therefor in the same Code.cralaw:red
Sec.
5. No prosecution under
this Act shall be made unless the city or provincial fiscal, or any
special
attorney or prosecutor duly designated by the Secretary of Justice, as
the case may be, finds after due investigation of the facts that a
prima
facie case for violation of this Act exists against the accused, and
thereafter
presents an information in court against the said accused in due form,
and certifies under oath that he has conducted a proper preliminary
investigation
thereof, with notice, whenever it is possible to give the same, to the
party concerned, who shall have the right to be represented by counsel,
to testify, to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his
favor,
and to cross-examine witnesses against him: Provided, That the
preliminary
investigation of any offense defined and penalized herein by prision
mayor
to death shall be conducted by the proper Court of First Instance.
Sec.
6. Any person who knowingly
furnishes false evidence in any action brought under this Act shall be
punished byprision correccional.
Sec.
7. No person shall be convicted
of any of the offenses penalized herein with prision mayor to death
unless
on the testimony of at least two witnesses to the same overt act or on
confession of the accused in open court.
Sec.
8. Within thirty days after
the approval of this Act, any person who is a member of the Communist
Party
of the Philippines or of any such association or conspiracy, who
desires
to renounce such membership, may do so in writing and under oath before
a municipal or city mayor, a provincial governor, or a person
authorized
by law to administer oaths. Such renunciation shall exempt such person
or persons from the penal sanction of this Act, but the same shall in
no
way exempt him from liability for criminal acts or for any violation of
the existing laws of the Republic of the Philippines committed before
this
Act takes effect.cralaw:red
Sec.
9. Nothing in this Act
shall be interpreted as a restriction to freedom of thought, of
assembly
and of association for purposes not contrary to law as guaranteed by
the
Constitution.
Sec.
10. This Act shall take
effect upon its approval.
Approved:
June 20, 1957
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