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CIRCULAR NO. 5-90.
ADMINISTRATIVE
CIRCULAR NO. 5-90
TO:
THE
COURT OF APPEALS, REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS, SHARI’A DISTRICT COURTS,
METROPOLITAN
TRIAL COURTS, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS IN CITIES, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS,
MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURTS AND SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURTS
SUBJECT:
EXPEDITIOUS DISPOSITION OF CASES INVOLVING TOURISTS.
For the
information
and guidance of all concerned, reproduced hereinbelow is General Order
No. 39 of the President of the Philippines Ferdinand E. Marcos dated
September
19, 1973, to wit:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
"GENERAL
ORDER NO.
39
"AMENDING
GENERAL
ORDER NO. 12 DATED SEPTEMBER 30, 1972, BY GIVING MILITARY TRIBUNALS
CONCURRENT
JURISDICTION OVER CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST TOURISTS AND TRANSIENTS.
"General
Order No.
12 dated September 30, 1972, as amended, is further amended by adding
the
following provisions:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
'23.
Crimes where
the offended party is a tourist or a transient.'
"The civil
courts shall
have concurrent jurisdiction with the military tribunals over the said
crimes, provided that civil courts shall dispose of such cases within
24
hours after the filing thereof by the arresting officers. The court or
tribunal that first assumes jurisdiction shall exercise jurisdiction to
the exclusion of all others.
"Done in
the City
of Manila, this 19th day of September in the year of Our Lord, nineteen
hundred and seventy three.
"[Sgd.]
FERDINAND
E. MARCOS President Republic
of the Philippines
"By
the President:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary "[Sgd.]
ROBERTO
V. REYES Acting
Executive Secretary" Strict
compliance herewith
is hereby enjoined.
February
15, 1990.
[Sgd.]
MARCELO
B. FERNANChief
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