Amendment to P.D. No. 1486 Re: Creation of Sandiganbayan
Presidential Decree No. 1629, issued on July 18, 1979, amends Section 11 of Presidential Decree No. 1486, which established the Sandiganbayan, a special court in the Philippines. The amendment involves the deletion of the second paragraph of Section 11 from Presidential Decree No. 1606. This decree takes immediate effect upon its issuance. It was published in the Official Gazette on August 6, 1979.
July 18, 1979
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1629
AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1486, CREATING A SPECIAL COURT TO BE KNOWN AS "SANDIGANBAYAN", AS REVISED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1606
WHEREAS, it has been found necessary, to amend Section 11 of Presidential Decree No. 1486, as revised by Presidential Decree No. 1606;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree:
SECTION 1. Section 11 of Presidential Decree No. 1606 is hereby amended by deleting the second paragraph thereof. cd i
SECTION 2. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 18th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Nine.
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 75 No. 32 Page 6249 on August 6, 1979.