Authorizing the Arrest and Detention of Any Person for the Commission of Any of the Crimes against Personal Liberty as Defined and Penalized under the Revised Penal Code, as Amended

January 20, 1973

GENERAL ORDER NO. 24

AUTHORIZING THE ARREST AND DETENTION OF ANY PERSON FOR THE COMMISSION OF ANY OF THE CRIMES AGAINST PERSONAL LIBERTY AS DEFINED AND PENALIZED UNDER THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AS AMENDED

General Order No. 2, dated September 22, 1972, as amended by General Order Nos. 2-A, 2-B, 2-C, 2-D and 19, dated January 6, 1973, is hereby further amended, to include the following provision:

"23. Any person who commits any of the crimes against personal liberty as defined and penalized under the Revised Penal Code, as amended, to wit:

"a. Kidnapping and serious illegal detention (Article 267);

"b. Slight illegal detention (Article 268);

"c. Unlawful arrest (Article 269);

"d. Kidnapping and failure to return a minor (Article 270);

"e. Inducing a minor to abandon his home (Article 271);

"f. Slavery (Article 272);

"g. Exploitation of child labor (Article 273); and

"h. Services rendered under compulsion in payment of debts (Article 274)."

DONE in the City of Manila, this 20th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three. aDSIHc