Authorizing the Arrest and Detention of Any Person Involved in Crimes against Persons and Property under the Revised Penal Code, and Other Crimes under the Same Code and Other Special Laws, When the Offense is Committed against a Foreign Tourist, Transient or Traveler

August 1, 1973

GENERAL ORDER NO. 36

AUTHORIZING THE ARREST AND DETENTION OF ANY PERSON INVOLVED IN CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS AND PROPERTY UNDER THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AND OTHER CRIMES UNDER THE SAME CODE AND OTHER SPECIAL LAWS, WHEN THE OFFENSE IS COMMITTED AGAINST A FOREIGN TOURIST, TRANSIENT OR TRAVELER

General Order No. 2 dated September 22, 1972 as Amended by General Order Nos. 2-A, 2-B, 2-C and No. 29, is hereby amended to include the following provisions:

No. 23 — Any person or persons who may have been known or found to have committed any crime against persons and property as defined and penalized under the Revised Penal Code and other offenses under the same Code, such as Grave Threats, Art. 282; Rape, Art. 335; Acts of Lasciviousness, Art. 336; Seduction, Art. 337; Corruption of Minors, Art. 340; White Slave Trade, Art. 341; Forcible Abduction, Art. 342 and Consented Abduction, Art. 343, and other violation of special laws, when the offense is committed against a foreign tourist, transient or traveler.

One of the Military Tribunals constituted under General Order No. 8 dated September 27, 1972, shall be assigned by the Commander-in-Chief, Armed Forces of the Philippines, or his duly authorized representative, to try and decide the cases involving person or persons arrested and detained by virtue of this Order within twenty four hours after the said case or cases shall have been filed with the said tribunals by the arresting officers.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 1st day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.