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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 9
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 9 -
DECLARING VIOLATIONS OF GENERAL ORDERS NO. 6 AND NO. 7 DATED SEPTEMBER
22, 1972 AND SEPTEMBER 23, 1972, RESPECTIVELY, TO BE UNLAWFUL AND
PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081
dated September 21, 1972, the Philippines has been placed under a state
of martial law;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, by virtue of said Proclamation No. 1081, General Order No. 6
dated September 22, 1972 and General Order No. 7 dated September 23,
1972, have been promulgated by me;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, subversion, rebellion, insurrection, lawless violence,
criminally, chaos and public disorder mentioned in the aforesaid
Proclamation No. 1081 are committed and abetted by the use of firearms,
explosives and other deadly weapons;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, Commander-in-Chief of all the
Armed Forces of the Philippines, in order to attain the desired result
of the aforesaid Proclamation No. 1081 and General Orders Nos. 6 and 7,
do hereby order and decree that:cralaw:red
1. Any violation of the aforesaid General Orders Nos.
6 and 7 is unlawful and the violator shall, upon conviction suffer:cralaw:red
(a) The mandatory penalty of death by a firing squad
or electrocution as a military court/tribunal/commission may direct, if
the firearm involved in the violation is unlicensed and is attended by
assault upon, or resistance to persons in authority or their agents in
the performance of their official functions resulting in death to said
persons in authority or their agent; of if such unlicensed firearm is
used in the commission of crimes against persons, property or chastity
causing the death of the victim, or used in violation of any other
General Orders and/or Letters of Instructions Promulgated under said
Proclamation No. 1081; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(b) The penalty of imprisonment ranging from twenty
years to life imprisonment as a Military Court/Tribunal/Commission may
direct, when the violation is not attended by any of the circumstances
enumerated under the preceding paragraph;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(c) The penalty provided for in the preceding
paragraphs shall be imposed upon the owner, president, manager, members
of the board of directors or other responsible officers of any public
or private firms, companies, corporations or entities who shall
wilfully or knowingly allow any of the firearms owned by such firm,
company, corporation or entity concerned to be used in violation of
said General Orders No. 6 and 7.
2. It is unlawful to possess deadly weapons,
including hand-grenades, rifle grenades and other explosives,
including, but not limited to, "pill box bombs," "molotov cocktail
bombs," "fire bombs," or other incendiary device consisting of any
chemical, chemical compound, or detonating agents containing
combustible units or other ingredients in such proportion, quantity,
packing, or bottling that ignites by fire, by friction, by concussion,
by percussion, or by detonation of all or part of the compound or
mixture which may cause such a sudden generation of highly heated gases
that the resultant gaseous pressures are capable of producing
destructive effects on contiguous objects or of causing injury or death
of a person; and any person convicted thereof shall be punished by
imprisonment ranging from ten to fifteen years as a Military
Court/Tribunal/Commission may direct.
3. It is unlawful to carry outside of residence any
bladed, pointed or blunt weapon such as "fanknife," "spear," "dagger,"
"bolo," "balisong," "barong," "kris," or club, except where such
articles are being used as necessary tools or implements to earn a
livelihood and while being sued in connection therewith; and any person
found guilty thereof shall suffer the penalty of imprisonment ranging
from five to ten years as a Military Court/Tribunal/Commission may
direct. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
4. When the violation penalized in the preceding
paragraphs 2 and 3 is committed during the commission of or for the
purpose of committing, any other crime, the penalty shall be imposed
upon the offender in its maximum extent, in addition to the penalty
provided for the particular offenses committed or intended to be
committed.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 2nd day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-two.
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