September 25, 2014

BI OPERATIONS ORDER NO. SBM-2014-047

SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDELINES IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF DEROGATORY ORDERS IN THE PORTS OF EXIT

WHEREAS, Operations Order No. SBM-2014-002 on Enforcement of Derogatory Orders in the Ports of Exit provides:

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2. WATCHLIST ORDER (WLO)

Unless otherwise provided in the Order issued by the BI, any person whose name is in the Watchlist shall be denied departure.

If the inclusion of his/her name in the Watchlist is due to a pending deportation case, the passport of the subject shall be confiscated and turned-over to the Legal Division. . .

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WHEREAS, there has been instances when a deportable foreigner, upon interception at the airport, should have been turned-over to the BI Warden's Facility (BIWF) because poses a clear and present danger to public safety and national interest;

NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to CA 613, Sec. 3 granting the rule-making power of the Commissioner, the following shall be observed:

SECTION 1. Turn-over of Dangerous Deportable Foreigners. – In case a deportable foreigner poses a clear and present danger to public safety and national interest; the Legal Division shall include in the Watchlist Order against the subject foreigner the remarks that the BMSU 1 shall turn over the foreigner to the BIWF upon interception at the ports of exit.

EXAMPLE: The ICTS is hereby directed to include the name El Jay L. Pground in the Watchlist with remarks, "charged: undesirability; engages in access device crime; for turnover to BIWF upon interception"

SECTION 2. Effectivity. — This Operations Order shall take effect immediately. CHIEDS

Furnish copies of this Operations Order to the Office of the National Administrative Register (ONAR), U.P. Law Center, U.P. Diliman, Quezon City.

(SGD.) SIEGFRED B. MISONCommissioner

Footnotes

1. Border Monitoring and Security Unit.