WHEREAS, it is a primordial duty of the
Government to restore and strengthen the faith of the people in our
judicial tribunals as effective instrumentalities for the redress of
their grievances;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it is necessary to equip the existing machinery of justice
with all the necessary facilities which will enable it to act swiftly;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, one of the causes for the delay of judicial proceedings is the
inability of our tribunals to promptly notify the parties of scheduled
court proceedings for lack of postage stamps;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, do hereby
order and decree as part of the law of the land that:cralaw:red
(1) Judges of the Courts of First Instance, Circuit
Criminal Courts, Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts, Courts of
Agrarian Relations, Court of Industrial Relations, Military Tribunals
and City and Municipal Courts, may transmit in the mail, free of
charge, all official communications and papers directly connected with
the conduct of judicial proceedings.
(2) The envelope or wrapper of the privileged mail
matter shall bear on the left upper corner the name, official
designation and station of the official sending such mail matter and on
the right upper corner, the words: "Private or unauthorized use to
avoid payment of postage is penalized by fine or imprisonment or
both". chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(3) The Secretary of Public Works, Transportation and
Communication shall, within thirty (30) days from the publication of
this Decree, promulgate the necessary rules and regulations to carry
out the foregoing provisions, Provided, That any person who uses the
privilege granted hereunder for private or unauthorized purposes shall
be punished by a fine of five hundred pesos or imprisonment of not more
than three years or both.
This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 21st day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-two.
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