WHEREAS,
upon the lifting of martial law, the reform programs initiated under
Proclamation No. 1081 should continue to be institutionalized and made
permanent and lasting; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, Articles XVII, Section 3(2) of the Constitution provides for
the validity of all proclamations, orders, decrees, instructions, and
acts of the incumbent President under Proclamation No. 1081 and their
effectivity until expressly and explicitly modified or repealed by the
incumbent President or the regular National Assembly;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in the continuing implementation of these proclamations,
orders, decrees, instructions, and acts and in the institutionalization
of reform programs, it is essential that all public officials and
employees be encouraged to perform their functions efficiently and
expeditiously free from vexatious and time-consuming delays and
litigations; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, by virtue of the powers vested
in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree that all official
acts, decisions or orders performed, executed or issued by the Minister
of National Defense or any other Cabinet member or by any other public
officer of the civilian government or member of the Armed Forces, the
Integrated National Police, or Civilian Home Defense Force in carrying
out orders or regulations issued by me 1104 are and shall be deemed to
have been authorized by me and considered for all intents and purposes
as the official acts, decisions, and orders of the incumbent President.
Evidence of any act done in accordance to or in implementation of an
order, rule, regulation, decree or instruction, issued or promulgated
by me or any Cabinet member authorized by me shall not be admissible in
any criminal or civil case against the officer or employee of the civil
government or the military or defense establishment concerned. Neither
shall such act constitute a cause of action in any civil case for
wrongdoing or damages or a basis for criminal liability in any court of
law. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 14th day of January in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-one.
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