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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 105
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 105 -
DECLARING NATIONAL SHRINES AS SACRED (HALLOWED) PLACES AND PROHIBITING
DESECRATION THEREOF
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WHEREAS, the Government of the Republic of
the Philippines has declared certain places in the country as National
Shrines because they were the sites of the birth, exile, imprisonment,
detention or death of great and eminent leaders of the nation.
WHEREAS, among these National Shrines are the birthplace of Dr. Jose
Rizal in Calamba, Laguna, Talisay, Dapitan City, where the hero was
exiled for four years, Fort Santiago, Manila, where he was imprisoned
in 1896 prior to his execution; Talaga, Tanauan, Batangas where
Apolinario Mabini was born, Pandacan, Manila, where Mabini's house in
which he died, is located, and Aguinaldo Mansion in Kawit, Cavite,
where General Emilio Aguinaldo, first President of the Philippines, was
born, and where Philippine Independence was solemnly proclaimed on June
12, 1898, Batan, Aklan, where the "Code of Kalantiyaw" was promulgated
in 1433, etc.
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the Government to hold and keep said
National Shrines as sacred and hallowed place. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and
pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972, and General
Order No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, do hereby declare said National
Shrines and others which may be proclaimed in the future as National
Shrines to be hallowed places and the desecration of the same in the
form of disturbing their peace and serenity by digging, excavating,
defacing, causing unnecessary noise and committing unbecoming acts
within the premises of said National Shrines, is hereby strictly
prohibited.
Any person who shall violate this Decree shall upon conviction, be
punished by imprisonment for not less than ten (10) years or a fine not
less than ten thousand pesos (P10,000) or both fine and imprisonment in
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This Decree is hereby made part of the law of the land and shall take
effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 24th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-three.
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