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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 861 - FURTHER
EXTENDING THE EFFECTIVITY OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED SEVENTEEN
HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE DATED NOVEMBER 20, 1980, AS AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL
DECREE NUMBERED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED FORTY-SEVEN, DATED DECEMBER 4, 1980,
EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED NINETY, DATED MAY 11, 1981 AND
EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY EIGHT, DATED DECEMBER 31,
1981
WHEREAS,
Section s 3, 4 and 5 of Presidential Decree No. 1745, dated November 20,
1980, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 1747, dated December 4,
1980, Executive Order No. 690, dated May 1, 1981, and Executive Order
No. 758, dated December 31, 1981, provides for the surrender of
unlicensed or loose firearms, ammunition or explosives without
incurring criminal liability therefor, with the privilege of applying
for license to possess the same, if qualified, and, if not, to sell the
same to qualified entities or individuals.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the aforestated Decree, as amended, the surrender
of loose firearms, ammunition or explosives with the accompanying
privileges will cease to be effective on December 31, 1982;
WHEREAS, there are numerous requests for the extension of the
effectivity of the aforementioned Section of Presidential Decree No.
1745, as amended, so that they may avail of the beneficial provisions
thereof;
WHEREAS, the implementation of the aforestated Decree has resulted to
the registration and licensing of 12,389 loose firearms from February
1, 1981, to December 9, 1982;
WHEREAS, the government is intent on minimizing, if not eradicating,
possession of loose or unlicensed firearms, ammunition and explosives
and legitimizing possession thereof by law-abiding citizens of the
country.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order that:
Section 1.
Sec. 2.
Sec. 3.
Done in the City of Manila this
22nd day of December in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and
eighty two.
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