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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1110-A
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1110-A -
PENALIZING ANY ATTEMPT ON, OR CONSPIRACY AGAINST, THE LIFE OF THE CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, ANY MEMBER OF HIS
CABINET, OR THEIR FAMILIES
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WHEREAS,
prevailing circumstances require that the Chief Executive of the
Republic of the Philippines, the members of the cabinet, and their
families, be given ample protection against lawless elements who may
attempt on, or conspire against their lives;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the maintenance of peace and order and national security
depends greatly on the security of the lives of our national leaders;
and
WHEREAS, as a deterrent, it is necessary to impose a heavier penalty
for any attempt on or conspiracy against the life of the Chief
Executive, that of any member of his family, or against the life of any
member of his cabinet or that of any member of his family.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 1. Any person who shall attempt on, or
conspire against, the life of the Chief Executive of the Republic of
the Philippines, that of any member of his family, or against the life
of any member of his cabinet or that of any member of the latter's
family, shall suffer the penalty of death.
Section 2. Any provision of law, decree, proclamation
or executive order inconsistent with this decree is hereby repealed,
revised or modified accordingly.
Section 3. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 29th day of March in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-seven.
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