Implementing Guidelines, Rules and Regulations to Presidential National Emergency Memorandum Order No. 6 Dated January 4, 1990

January 18, 1990

DND ORDER NO. A-04

IMPLEMENTING GUIDELINES, RULES AND REGULATIONS TO PRESIDENTIAL NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 6 DATED JANUARY 4, 1990

Pursuant to Section 1 of Presidential National Emergency Memorandum Order No. 6 dated January 4, 1990, hereby promulgated are the following guidelines, rules and regulations for the effective implementation thereof.

PART I

Re-Registration of Licensed/Registered Firearms

SECTION 1. Scope. — This Part shall apply to all persons or entities whose licenses to possess firearms (Regular License, Special Permit or Certificate of Registration) have been nullified under the provisions of PNEMO No. 6 for the purpose only of the new general registration of firearms.

SECTION 2. Objective. — In order to come up with an updated master list or inventory of all previously licensed/registered firearms in the country and to re-check the qualifications of the holders/possessors thereof, all licensed/registered firearm holders shall file applications for the re-registration of their respective firearms.

SECTION 3. Period for Filing of Applications for Re-registration. — Applications (Annex A) for re-registration of nullified licensed/registered firearms shall be filed within one (1) year starting on February 16, 1990 and ending on February 15, 1991.

SECTION 4. Safe Transit Passes. — Applicants for re-registration shall secure Safe Transit Passes (Annex B) from any of the Action Units authorized in Section 5 hereof to enable them to bring, without criminal liability, their firearms for stencilling and ballistics test to the PC units mentioned in Section 6 hereof and thereafter to bring back home their re-registered firearms. Licensed/registered firearms holders are not required to surrender/turn-in their firearms to the Philippine Constabulary for safekeeping and custody.

SECTION 5. Action Units. — The following are the Action Units for purposes of issuance of "Safe Transit Passes":

For residents of Metro Manila	—	FEU, HPC
	Area		HQS CAPCOM
			CAPCOM SECTOR COMMANDS
For residents of provinces and	—	PC Regional Commands
	cities with METRODISCOMs		METRODISCOMs
			PC Companies
			INP Stations

All Safe Transit Passes to be issued by PC Company/INP Station Commanders shall be for and in behalf of the PC/INP Provincial/METRODISCOM Commanders concerned. AEcIaH

SECTION 6. Where Applications for Re-registration Filed. —

a. For residents of Metro Manila. — Applicants who are residing in Metro Manila shall file their applications for registration directly with the Firearms and Explosives Unit (FEU), Camp Crame, Quezon City, or with Headquarters CAPCOM/MPF, Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig, Rizal, or with any of its Sector Commands namely: North Sector Command, Camp Karingal, Sikatuna Village, Quezon City; South Sector Command, Fort Bonifacio, Makati, Metro Manila; East Sector Command, PC Hills, Taytay, Rizal; and West Sector Command, Malacañang Park, Manila.

b. For those residing elsewhere. — Applicants who are residing in the provinces or cities without METRODISCOMs shall file their applications for re-registration with the PC/INP Provincial Command of that area. Those residing in cities with METRODISCOMs shall file their applications with the METRODISCOM of that area.

SECTION 7. Requirements for Re-registration. — Applications for re-registration shall be filed with the following supporting documents:

a. Authenticated xerox copy of the latest firearms license.

b. Authenticated xerox copy of the latest Official Receipt (OR) for payment of the license fee.

c. Authenticated xerox copy of the Firearms Bond, in case the firearm is under Regular License.

d. Proof of qualifications to possess firearms as prescribed in HPC SOP Nos. 7 and 8, both dated December 12, 1984.

e. Ballistics test certification (obtainable from command where application is filed).

f. Stencil of firearm certificate showing model, serial number, make and other markings (also obtainable from command where application is filed).

SECTION 8. Processing of Applications of Individual Licensees; Issuance of Temporary Re-registered Firearm Licenses. —

a. Those filed directly with FEU, HPC —

(1) The CO, FEU, or his duly authorized representative(s) shall verify from the existing Master List of nullified licensed/registered firearms if the name of the applicant is actually reflected therein. The make, model and serial number of the firearm shall be stencilled in five (5) copies on onion skin paper and the firearm test-fired three (3) times for ballistics purposes. The CO, FEU, or his authorized representative(s), shall certify that the stencil was made or taken in their presence and that the firearm has been test-fired three (3) times. FEU, HPC shall keep one (1) fired shell and slug and send the other two (2) fired shells and slugs to PCCL, HPC for ballistics examination, analysis and record purposes.

(2) After determining that the applicant for registration has all the qualifications and none of the disqualifications to continue possessing the firearm and that his name is actually reflected in the existing Master List of nullified licensed/registered firearms, the CO, FEU shall immediately issue to the applicant a TEMPORARY RE-REGISTERED FIREARM LICENSE good for 120 days, and thereafter a computerized RE-REGISTERED FIREARM LICENSE.

b. Those Filed with Headquarters CAPCOM/MPF or CAPCOM Sector Commands —

(1) Same procedure as prescribed for those directly filed with FEU, HPC in the preceding subsection (a) (1) above.

(2) Applications processed by CAPCOM Sector Commands, including all supporting papers thereto and certificates of stencilling and test-firing and the three (1) empty shells and slugs, together with their comments/recommendations, shall be forwarded without delay to the Commander, CAPCOM/MPF. After determining that the applicant for re-registration has all the qualifications and none of the disqualifications to continue possessing the firearm and that his name is actually reflected in the existing Master List of nullified licensed/registered firearms, the Commander, CAPCOM shall immediately issue to the applicant a TEMPORARY RE-REGISTERED FIREARM LICENSE good for 120 days. Thereafter, the application, together with all its supporting papers, shall be transmitted to the CO, FEU, HPC to serve as basis for the issuance by the latter of a COMPUTERIZED RE-REGISTERED FIREARM LICENSE. CAPCOM shall keep one (1) empty shell and slug and send the other two (2) empty shells and slugs to PCCL, HPC for ballistics examination, analysis and record purposes.

c. Those filed with PC Provincial Commands/METRODISCOMS —

(1) Same procedure as prescribed in subsection (a) (1) above.

(2) After processing the application, the PC Provincial/METRODISCOM Commander shall forward the same, including all supporting papers and the certificates of stencilling and test-firing, together with his comments/recommendations, to the PC Regional Commander concerned, who shall, after determining that the name of the applicant is actually reflected in the existing Master List of nullified licensed/registered firearms and that the applicant has all the qualifications and none of the disqualifications to continue possessing the firearm, immediately issue to the applicant a TEMPORARY RE-REGISTERED FIREARM LICENSE good for 120 days. The PC Provincial Command/METRODISCOM shall keep one (1) empty shell and slug and send the other two (2) empty shells and slugs to the Regional PCCL for ballistics examination, analysis and record purposes. Thereafter, the application, together with all its supporting papers, shall be forwarded to the CO, FEU, HPC for the issuance of a COMPUTERIZED RE-REGISTERED LICENSE.

SECTION 9. Processing of Applications of Private Security Agencies and Government Security Forces. — All applications for re-registration of firearms previously licensed/registered to private security agencies and government security forces shall be filed with the PC Supervisory Unit for Security and Investigation Agencies (SUSIA), Camp Crame, Quezon City. After processing, the applications as prescribed for those of individual licenses in Section 8 hereof, the CO, SUSIA shall without delay forward them, including all their supporting papers, and the test shells and slugs, together with his comments/recommendations, to the CO, FEU for the issuance of Temporary/Computerized Re-registered Firearm Licenses. In cases where the applications are directly submitted to FEU, HPC, they shall be referred back to the CO, SUSIA for his comments/recommendations. CO, SUSIA is authorized to stencil and conduct ballistics tests of the firearms covered by the applications as well as to distribute the temporary and Computerized Re-Registered Firearm Licenses issued by the CO, FEU, HPC in favor of the applicant private security agency or government security force. FEU shall keep one (1) empty shell and slug and send the other two (2) empty shells and slugs to PCCL, HPC for ballistics examination, analysis and record purposes. cEDaTS

SECTION 10. Filing of Applications for Re-Registration by Next of Kin. — In cases where the licensee is deceased, out of the country or otherwise incapacitated, the application for re-registration of the firearm shall be made by his next of kin who has possession of the firearm.

SECTION 11. Computerized Re-Registered Firearm Licensees. — All applications received by FEU, HPC from the different PC Commands/Units shall be processed immediately for issuance of TEMPORARY REGISTERED FIREARM LICENSES good for one hundred twenty (120) days to be followed by the issuance of COMPUTERIZED RE-REGISTERED FIREARM LICENSES that will carry the same expiration dates as those of the nullified original licenses, without additional costs to the new applicant, except those whose expiration dates fall within the one year period for re-registration, in which case their expiration dates shall be for the next two years as provided in Section 12 hereof. These COMPUTERIZED RE-REGISTERED FIREARM LICENSES shall be taken from FEU directly by the licensees concerned or from the PC/INP Provincial/METRODISCOM Commands in the area where the licensees reside.

SECTION 12. Firearm Licenses Expiring Within Re-Registration Period. — All nullified firearm licenses with expiry dates falling within the one-year re-registration period shall be re-registered for two (2) years effective from the expiry date of the new applicant's nullified license upon payment of the license fee as provided in Executive Order No. 58 dated 7 November 1986.

SECTION 13. Authorized Types, Calibers and Number of Firearms. — The following are the firearms that may be possessed under license:

a. Officers and enlisted personnel in the active service of the AFP, those in the retired list of the AFP, AFP Reserve commissioned officers on inactive status and good standing, and active/retired members of the Integrated National Police may possess under license a maximum of one (1) long firearm and one (1) short firearm of any type and caliber.

b. Civil government officials and private individuals may possess under license a maximum of one (1) short firearm of any type and caliber and one (1) shotgun not higher than 12 gauge or one (1) low-powered rifle not higher than caliber .22, provided that no military-type long firearms and machine pistols shall be licensed to them.

c. Licensed private security agencies and government/company guard forces may hold under license low-powered rifles not higher than caliber .22, shotguns 12 gauge or lower, and revolvers or pistols of any type and caliber. No military-type long firearms, to include machine pistols, shall be licensed to private security agencies and company guard forces, provided, however, that duly organized government security forces/company guard forces and licensed security agencies operating in critical areas as determined to be such by the PC/INP Provincial/METRODISCOM Commander concerned, and certified by the Chief of Constabulary/Director General, INP, may be allowed to possess under license or registration, as the case may be, higher caliber firearms on case to case basis depending in their actual need for such types and kinds of firearms for use of their guards assigned in the said areas.

d. Members of gun clubs duly registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and recognized/accredited by Headquarters Philippine Constabulary may be authorized to possess under license target rifles, revolvers and pistols not exceeding one (1) long and one (1) short firearm each which should be licensed in the name of the gun club for the exclusive use of the gun club member owner thereof for target practice and shooting competitions. These firearms that will be licensed to members of duly registered gun clubs shall be over and above the number of firearms that can be licensed to them as stated under Section 13 (a) and (b) hereof.

e. In cases wherein there are additional complete slides for a particular firearm with the same or different calibers, the maximum number for such additional slides that one can possess under license is two (2), hence the full serial number of the firearm should also be made to appear or be stamped on the slides followed by the letter "A" for the original slide of the firearm, "B" for the first additional slide, and "C" for the second additional slide.

SECTION 14. Disposition of Firearms Not Re-Registered. — Failure on the part of a licensed/registered owner/possessor of firearms or by the next of kin of a deceased, absent or incapacitated firearm licensee to file an application for re-registration within the prescribed one-year period shall be good and sufficient ground for the confiscation of his firearm in favor of the government. CADHcI

SECTION 15. Disposition of Firearms of Unqualified New Applicants. — Firearms that cannot be re-registered in favor of the new applicants for re-registration by virtue of their not being qualified anymore to possess the same under license shall be disposed of in the same manner as surrendered unlicensed/loose firearms as provided in Section 19 hereof.

PART II

Surrender of Unlicensed/Loose Armament, Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, Explosives Ingredients, and Military Equipage

SECTION 16. Scope. — This Part shall apply to all unlicensed/unregistered/loose armaments, firearms, ammunition, explosives, explosives ingredients, military equipage, and the like including any locally-manufactured firearms known as "paltik".

SECTION 17. Period of Surrender. — Any person who possesses any armament, firearm, ammunition, explosives, explosives ingredients or military equipage and the like without any license or permit as prescribed by law shall, without incurring any criminal liability therefor, surrender the same within thirty (30) days counted two (2) weeks after the effective date of this Order.

SECTION 18. Where Surrender shall be Made: Procedures. —

a. For those residing in Metro Manila Area, the surrender shall be made to the FEU, HPC, Camp Crame, Quezon City, or Capital Regional Command (CAPCOM), Camp Bagong Diwa, Bicutan, Taguig, Metro Manila, or its Sector Commands; or National Capital Region Defense Command, Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City. For those residing outside Metro Manila Area, the surrender shall be made to the AFP Area Commands, PC Regional Commands, or PC/INP Provincial Commands/METRODISCOMs.

b. Residents of Metro Manila shall secure from any of the NCR Action Units mentioned in Section 5 hereof Safe Transit Passes for the transport of the armament firearm/ammunition/explosives or other items from their residences or other places where they are being kept to any of the units mentioned in the preceding subsection. Those residing outside Metro Manila shall procure Safe Transit Passes from any of other Regions Action Units mentioned in Section 5 hereof.

c. Action Units shall issue "Safe Transit Passes" (Annex B) to any interested person effective for a definite period but not more than seventy two (72) hours from the time of issuance in order that they will not incur any criminal liability for illegal possession of the items as well as to ensure safe and unimpeded delivery thereof.

d. Armaments and firearms shall be partly dismantled and tightly bundled while ammunition, explosives and explosives ingredients shall be rendered safe to prevent accidents and unauthorized use. Military equipage shall be appropriately wrapped. All items to be surrendered shall be wrapped and labeled "FOR SURRENDER TO: [unit specified in preceding subsection (a)]."

SECTION 19. Disposition of Surrendered Firearms and Other items. —

a. All surrendered items shall be properly tagged and recorded for identification and accounting purposes and receipted for in two (2) copies in the prescribed form (Annex C). The person surrendering the item(s) shall be furnished a copy of the receipt as proof that he surrendered the same and for purposes of payment of the incentives authorized herein.

b. All surrendered firearms, which are verified to be not government property or owned by a duly authorized private person and which are not being applied for licensing, shall be stored/kept by the unit to whom they were surrendered for not more than one (1) month counted from the termination of the 6-month licensing period for surrendered unlicensed/loose firearms. If the person surrendering the same states that he is selling the firearm to the government, he shall be paid for the firearm at the price prescribed herein for the type firearm (Annex D), provided that it is not government property or owned by a duly authorized private person.

c. Firearms which cannot be possessed under license by the persons surrendering them or by their buyers may be applied for by other qualified individuals, corporations, firms or associations which will pay the surrenderees thereof the prices mutually agreed upon by them. For surrendered firearms that are licensable/registerable to private persons, public officials or employees, or to private/public corporations, offices, units and entities; authorized licensed gun dealers may also be allowed to buy them for re-sale and licensing within the 6-months licensing period to individuals qualified to possess the same, at prices mutually agreed upon by them. Failure on the part of these gun dealers to license the firearms purchased by them within the said 6-month licensing period shall operate in the forfeiture of the firearms in favor of the government. EcIDaA

d. Firearms which are verified to be owned by duly authorized private persons shall be returned to them being the lawful owners thereof.

e. All other surrendered firearms and other items (armaments, ammunition, explosives, explosives ingredients, military equipage and the like) shall be turned-in in accordance with AFP Regulations G-451-012 dated 12 May 1972.

SECTION 20. Payment of Incentives. —

a. Firearms which cannot be possessed under license by the persons who surrendered them or by their buyers and which are not government property or owned by a duly authorized person shall be paid for by the Action Units to whom they were surrendered at the prices prescribed in the attached Government Prices for Government Purchase of Surrendered Firearms (Annex D). Other surrendered items not in the list, not owned by the government or by duly authorized private persons, shall be paid for at prices to be negotiated by the unit to whom they were surrendered.

b. All receipts issued to individuals in payment of firearms surrendered by them shall serve as the clearing instrument for all disbursements under the provisions of this Part.

SECTION 21. Forfeiture of Surrendered Firearms. — Surrendered firearms which are not licensed in the name of the persons surrendering the same or by their buyers within six (6) months counted from the expiry date of the thirty (30)-day period for the surrender of unlicensed/loose firearms shall be declared forfeited in favor of the government.

SECTION 22. Reports. — At the end of the thirty-day period for surrender of the items covered by this Part, the units to whom the items were surrendered shall submit to the Chief of Staff, AFP (copy furnished the Secretary of National Defense and the CO, FEU) a report of the items surrendered to them, using the prescribed format (Annex E). The report should be received by the Chief of Staff, AFP not later than March 30, 1990.

PART III

Incentive Payment for Information Regarding Armament, Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, Explosives Ingredients and Military Equipage

SECTION 23. Action Units. — The Units mentioned in Section 18(a) hereof are the Action Units authorized to pay for information received by them leading to the recovery of armament, firearms, ammunition, explosives, explosives ingredients, or military equipage in the possession of any person not otherwise authorized to possess the same.

SECTION 24. Incentive Payment. —

a. Individuals providing the above information shall be paid for the recovered firearm(s) one half (1/2) of the price prescribed for the firearm(s) surrendered in the Government Prices for Government Purchase of Surrendered Firearms (Annex D). For other recovered items not in the list, the individual giving the information shall be paid at prices deemed reasonable to be negotiated by the Action Unit to whom the information was furnished.

b. Payments to the informants shall be made upon the recovery of the armament, firearms or other items.

c. All payments shall be under proper receipt, a copy of which shall be furnished the individual to whom it is made as proof that he was paid the corresponding incentive for the information provided by him.

d. All receipts issued to informants in payment of recovered items shall serve as the clearing instrument for all disbursements under this Part.

SECTION 25. Disposition of Recovered Items. — All recovered items shall be properly tagged and recovered for identification and accounting purposes. They shall be turned-in in accordance with AFP Regulations G-451-012 dated 12 May 1972.

SECTION 26. Confidentiality of Informants. — The confidentiality of informants shall at all times be ensured and safeguarded to secure them from any reprisals.

PART IV

Licensing of Surrendered Unlicensed/Loose Firearms

SECTION 27. Scope. — This Part shall apply to the licensing of surrendered unlicensed/loose firearms, to include loose antique firearms. Licensing shall begin after the expiration of the thirty-day period for the surrender of unlicensed/loose firearms and other items.

SECTION 28. General Qualifications. — Any person applying for license to possess a surrendered unlicensed/loose firearm must be:

a. A Filipino citizen;

b. At least twenty-one (21) years of age;

c. Of good moral character without criminal record; and,

d. Must comply with the other requirements specifically applicable to him as prescribed in HPC SOP Nos. 7 and 8, both dated December 12, 1984.

SECTION 29. Firearms Authorized to be Possessed. — The authorized types, caliber and quantity of firearms that may be possessed under license by a new applicant for re-registration are mentioned in Section 13 hereof.

SECTION 30. Kinds of Licenses to be Issued. —

a. Regular License — For private individuals, security agencies and business firms or entities for personally or privately-owned firearms. ScTaEA

b. Special Permit — For government officials and employees, including military personnel in the active service those in the retired list, AFP Reserve Officers on inactive status, and members, active or retired, of the Integrated National Police for personally-owned firearms.

c. Certificates of Registration. — For government offices, units and entities, for government-owned firearms.

SECTION 31. Loose Antique Firearms and their Registration. — Loose antique firearms should also be surrendered during the amnesty period (Loose Firearm Surrendering Period) before they can thereafter be registered/licensed in the name of their respective surrenderees. These include old vintage firearms, commemorative firearms, museum pieces and firearms for display purposes only or for wall decor. The number of these kinds of firearms that can be licensed to an individual who should be a licensed firearm holder (or has the qualifications to possess a firearm) is five (5) pieces of any type and caliber except military long firearms of high caliber. Only after these firearms are duly de-commissioned or demilitarized (by the plugging of their barrels with lead, removal of the inner mechanisms of their trigger housing groups, removal of their firing pins and such other ways to put them out of operation as firearms) by the military authorities concerned shall these be covered by licenses to be issued by FEU. These firearms that will be licensed to qualified individuals shall be over and above the number of operational/working firearms that can be or are licensed to them as stated under Section 13 hereof.

SECTION 32. Filing of Applications. — Residents of Metro Manila Area can submit their applications for firearm license, permit or registration, as the case may be, to the Chief of Constabulary (Attn: CO, FEU), or to the Commanding General, CAPCOM, or to any of the CAPCOM Sector Command within whose area of operation the applicants reside. Those residing outside Metro Manila Area shall file their applications with the PC/INP Provincial Commands/METRODISCOMs of the area of their residence. Applications for firearm licenses shall be filed using the prescribed APPLICATION FOR FIREARM LICENSE (Annex F).

SECTION 33. License Fees. — Licenses issued for surrendered unlicensed/loose firearms shall be released only to the licensees after payment of the annual license fees prescribed in Executive Order No. 58 dated November 7, 1986, as follows:

a.	Rifle Cal .22	-	P100.00
b.	Shotgun (all gauges)	-	120.00
c.	Pistol/Revolver Cal .22 (Ord.)	-	150.00
d.	Pistol/Revolver Cal .25, .32,
	.38, .380, 9mm, 7.65, 6.35 &
	Magnum .22 rimfire	-	180.00
e.	Pistol/Revolver Cal .45,
	Magnum .22 centerfire,
	.357, .41 & .44	-	200.00
f.	HP Rifle	-	200.00
g.	Additional Slide	-	1/2 (50%) of license
			fee for type of firearm

 

PART V

Reports

SECTION 34. a. The Chief of Constabulary/Director General, INP shall submit to the President, through the Secretary of National Defense, the following reports:

(1) Partial Report on Re-Registered Firearms during the First Half of Re-registration of Nullified Licensed Firearms period, not later than September 1990. ScCDET

(2) Complete Report in the Re-Registered Firearms, not later than April 1991.

(3) List of Surrendered Unlicensed Loose Firearms Licensed during the First Half of the Re-registration period, not later than November 1990.

(4) List of Loose Firearms Licensed during the Second Half of the Re-registration period, not later than May 1991.

b. The Chief of Staff, AFP shall submit to the President, through the Secretary of National Defense, the following reports:

(1) List of Armaments, Firearms and Other Items Surrendered During the Amnesty Period and the Amounts Paid for them, not later than may 1990.

(2) List of Armaments, Firearms and Other Items Recovered as a result of information furnished by informants during the first half of the re-registration period and the amounts paid for them, not later than November 1990.

(3) List of Armament, Firearms and Other Items Recovered as a result of information furnished by informants during the second half of the re-registration period and the amounts paid for them, not later than May 1991.

c. The Chief of Staff, AFP and the CPC/DG, INP shall submit other reports as may be required by the President or the Secretary of National Defense.

PART VI

Funding

SECTION 35. Funding. — Funds for the payment of armament, firearms, ammunition, explosives, explosives ingredients or military equipage surrendered, or recovered as a result of information furnished by any individual as well as administrative, operational and incidental expenses incurred in the implementation of PNEMO No. 6 and these implementing rules and regulations shall be taken from the applicable funds in the Department of National Defense and such other appropriations as may be determined by the Department of Budget and Management as well as from PC Trust Funds accruing from the collection of firearm license fees and other administrative charges.

PART VII

Miscellaneous

SECTION 36. All existing firearm licenses and Permits to Carry Firearms Outside of Residence, to include Exemption Permits to the Firearm Ban, are nullified effective midnight of February 15, 1990, except those firearm licenses newly issued by the FEU from January 16, 1990 to February 15, 1990. Only until after the issuance of the TEMPORARY RE-REGISTERED FIREARM LICENSE and its receipt by the licensees concerned shall the validity of previously issued permits to carry and exemption permits to the firearm ban automatically restored. Those without Permits to Carry Firearm Outside of Residence and/or Exemption Permits to the Firearms ban as of February 15, 1990 can only apply for same after they shall have received their computerized licenses.

SECTION 37. In connection with the preceding section, in view of the nullification of all firearms licenses effective midnight of February 16, 1990, all firearms should be kept inside the residences of those concerned while same are being re-registered; however, at no instance shall residences of holders thereof be subjected to search and seizure for the same firearms for the entire duration of the re-registration period unless same are used in the commission of crimes.

SECTION 38. In connection with Section 36 above, notwithstanding the nullification of all firearms licenses effective midnight of February 16, 1990, all security agencies and government security forces duly licensed by the Philippine Constabulary shall continue to operate as such, provided their firearms are duly licensed to them and that the firearms are being used by their guards in actual performance of duty.

SECTION 39. Gun importations, authorized local purchases of firearms, sale of firearms to authorized buyers and other business transactions by duly licensed/authorized gun dealers/indenters, and the licensing of firearms to qualified new applicants, in accordance with Section 30 hereof, by the FEU shall continue. For purpose of uniformity, licenses to be issued for newly registered/licensed firearms shall already be the Re-Registered Firearm Licenses. SCIcTD

SECTION 40. HPC Letter Directive dated 3 June 1988, Subject: "Renewal of Firearm Licenses and Collection of Firearm License Fees", shall remain suspended for the entire period of the re-registration of the nullified licensed firearms. however, it will again be implemented starting February 1, 1991, in which case all licenses expiring February 1991 will have the months of February and March 1991 within which these licenses shall have to be renewed without penalty. Licenses expiring in the month of March 1991 shall have to be renewed without penalty in the months of march and April 1991, and so on.

SECTION 41. The CO, FEU can act on all papers directly submitted to him and on all other matters relative to the implementation of PNEMO No. 6. CO, PC/INP Computer Center shall be responsible for the computerization of all RE-REGISTERED FIREARM LICENSES. Collection of firearm license fees and other administrative charges shall be made by CO, PC/INP Finance Center through his field operating units.

SECTION 42. All government agencies/offices/units/entities are enjoined to support fully the Armed Forces of the Philippines in the effective implementation of PNEMO No. 6 and these implementing guidelines and rules and regulations.

SECTION 43. Rescission Clause. — All laws and rules and regulations or portions thereof which are contrary to these implementing rules and regulations are hereby rescinded or modified accordingly.

SECTION 44. Effectivity. — These implementing rules and regulations shall take effect upon approval of the President.

(SGD.) FIDEL V. RAMOSSecretary

APPROVED:

(SGD.) CORAZON C. AQUINOPresident of the Philippines