The Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines
        The Chief, Philippine Constabulary
        The Chief, Criminal Investigation Service
        The Director-General NISA
        The Minister of Justice
        The Director, National Bureau of Investigation
        The Solicitor General

"persons at present detained as well as others who may hereafter be similarly detained for the crimes of insurrection or rebellion, subversion, conspiracy or proposal to commit such crimes, and for all other crimes and offenses committed by them in furtherance or on the occasion thereof, or incident thereto, or in connection therewith." 

1.    All cases involving the crimes of insurrection, rebellion, subversion, conspiracy or proposal to commit such crimes, and all other crimes or offenses committed in furtherance of or on the occasion thereof, or incident thereto, or in connection therewith, shall be investigated by the provincial/city fiscal or by the municipal/city circuit/district judge, or by the duly authorized investigating officer, as the case may be, in accordance with the provisions of the Rules of Court and other existing laws.

2.    After preliminary examination/investigation in any of the aforementioned cases, the judge or other investigating officer shall, upon a finding of probable cause, respectively, issue or cause to be issued the appropriate warrant/s of arrest against any or all accused persons who shall forthwith be arrested and detained.

3.    In any of the abovementioned cases, the judge or other investigating officer shall, immediately upon the arrest of the accused, submit a report to the President specifying, inter alia, the crime/s or offense/s charged, the extent of the involvement or participation of the accused, a summary of all the evidence adduced at the investigation, and his finding on whether or not the evidence of guilt is strong.

4.    On the basis of the report submitted by the judge or other investigating officer containing a finding that the evidence of guilt is strong, the President may, pursuant to this authority under Proclamation No. 2045, issue a commitment order against the accused who shall thereafter be kept under detention in the appropriate institution specified in the commitment order until the final disposition of the case unless sooner ordered released by the President or his duly authorized representative.

5.    In every case where no commitment order is issued by the President, the accused under detention may be released on bail in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and the applicable laws.

6.    In no case shall the powers of the President under Proclamation No. 2045 be invoked so as to authorize the arrest and indefinite detention of persons accused of the crimes mentioned in paragraph 1 hereof except insofar as the exercise of such powers may be warranted under paragraph 4 hereof.

Since 19.07.98.