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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 100
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 100 -
AMENDING FURTHER CERTAIN Sections OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIFTY-FOUR
HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS, "THE PRIVATE SECURITY AGENCY
LAW," AS AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 11, DATED OCTOBER 3, 1972
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WHEREAS, Republic Act Numbered Fifty-four
hundred eighty-seven, otherwise known as, "The Private Security Agency
Law," has been amended by Presidential Decree No. 11, dated October 3,
1972 to make it more responsive to the demands of peace and order
especially after the promulgation of Proclamation No. 1081, dated
September 21, 1972;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in the course of the enforcement of said Private Security
Agency Law, as amended, it has been observed that there is need for
additional amendments to attain fully the objective
thereof. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972 and in my
capacity as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the
Philippines, do hereby order and decree that:cralaw:red
1. Section three (d) of Republic Act Numbered
Fifty-four hundred eighty-seven, otherwise known as, "The Private
Security Agency Law," as amended, be further amended to read as
follows:cralaw:red
"(d) Watchman or Security Guard; Watchman or Security
Guard Agency. — Any person who offers or renders personal service to
watch or secure either residential or business establishment, or both,
or any building, compound, area, including, but not limited to, logging
concessions, agricultural, mining or pasture lands, for hire or
compensation, or as an employee thereof, including any employee of the
national or local governments or any agency or instrumentality thereof
and of government-owned or controlled firms or corporations, who is
employed to watch or secure government buildings, compounds, premises
and other properties, other than members of the Armed Forces of the
Philippines, guards of the Bureau of Prisons, provincial and city jail
guards, and members of city and municipal police forces, shall be known
as watchman or security guard; and any person, association,
partnership, firm or private corporation, who/which recruits, trains,
furnishes, or employs any watchman or security guard, or solicits
individual, business firms, private, public or government-owned or
controlled corporations to engage his/its service or those of his/its
watchmen or security guards, shall be known as Watchman or Security
Guard Agency." chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
2. Section four of Republic Act Numbered Fifty-four
hundred and eighty-seven, as amended, is amended further by adding as
the last paragraph thereof the following:cralaw:red
"The qualifications for an individual, firm, corporation, partnership,
or association not doing business or organized purposely or principally
as a watchman or security guard agency who/which is utilizing any of
his/its employees to watch, secure or guard his/its business
establishment, premises, compound or properties and required to secure
a license in accordance herewith shall be as prescribed by law, rules
or regulations governing his/its business organization and operation."
3. Section five of Republic Act Numbered Fifty-four
hundred and eighty-seven is hereby amended by inserting before the
final proviso thereto the following:cralaw:red
"Provided, furthermore, That instead of the qualifications herein
prescribed, employees of the national or local governments or any
agency or instrumentality thereof, or of government-owned or controlled
corporations required to secure a license under this Act shall be
subject to the qualifications for the positions to which they are
appointed."
4. Section eight of Republic Act Numbered Fifty-four
hundred eighty-seven is hereby amended by inserting as the last
paragraph thereof, the following:cralaw:red
"Provided, finally, That the national or local governments, or the
agencies or instrumentalities thereof, as well as government-owned or
controlled corporations which shall utilize any of their employees as
watchman or security guard are exempted from securing the license
herein prescribed."
5. Section eight of Republic Act Numbered Fifty-four
hundred eighty-seven is hereby amended by inserting as the last proviso
thereof, the following:cralaw:red
"Provided, further, That employees of the national or local governments
or the agencies or instrumentalities thereof, as well as of
government-owned or controlled corporations, who are employed or
utilized as watchman or security guard as herein defined, shall not pay
the fees or file the bonds herein prescribed. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
6. Section nine of Republic Act Numbered Fifty-four
hundred eighty-seven is amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 9. Employees need not be licensed. — Any person
operating, managing, directing or conducting a licensed private
watchman or security guard agency, as well as any person having any
participation in the management or operation thereof except those
employed solely for clerical or manual work shall secure the license
prescribed by section 6 of this Act, as amended."
7. Section eleven of Republic Act Numbered Fifty-four
hundred eighty-seven is hereby amended by adding as the second
paragraph thereof, the following:cralaw:red
"In case of emergency or in times of disasters or calamities, the Chief
of Constabulary may deputize any private detective, watchman or
security guard as herein defined to assist the Philippine Constabulary
in the performance of Constabulary duties for the duration of such
emergency, disaster or calamity."
9. Paragraph one of Section sixteen of Republic Act
Numbered Fifty-four hundred eighty-seven is hereby amended to read as
follows:cralaw:red
"On membership: No license shall be granted to any agency unless it has
under its employ at least fifty watchmen or security guards: Provided,
That any agency which is now operating with less than fifty watchmen
and/or security guards may continue to operate until June 30, 1973:
Provided, further, That all agencies shall have under their employ not
less than one hundred watchmen and/or security guards by January 1,
1974: Provided, finally, That the maximum number of watchmen or
security guards that an agency may employ, to include its branches,
shall be as follows:cralaw:red
(1) In the Greater Manila Area (Philippine
Constabulary Metropolitan Command Area of operation)...............
not more than one thousand;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(2) In the first class cities and municipalities............... not more than five hundred; and
(3) In other cities and municipalities............... not more than three hundred.
The Chief of Constabulary may promulgate necessary rules and
regulations for the effective implementation of this Decree.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 17th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-three.
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