Administrative Order No. 43




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 43, August 13, 1937 ] PRESCRIBING SUPPLEMENTARY RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE ARREST OF SOLDIERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY OR MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY AND MARINES AND THEIR DELIVERY TO THE CUSTODY OF THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE NEAREST MILITARY, NAVAL OR MARINE STATION OF THE UNITED STATES. In order to carry into the effect the purpose of Executive Order Numbered Fifty, dated August seventh, nineteen hundred and twelve, as amended by Executive Order Numbered Two hundred ten, dated September thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, I MANUEL L. QUEZON, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by law, do hereby direct, for the guidance of all officials concerned, that— 1. Where crimes, misdemeanors, violations of municipal ordinances, or breaches of law are committed by soldiers of the United States or by members of the United States Navy and Marines, the offender shall not be delivered to the custody of the commanding officer of the nearest military, naval or marine station, except upon authority of the provincial or city fiscal. 2. Where the offense charged is penalized by imprisonment for more than one year, the document mentioned in paragraph four of the aforesaid Executive Order Numbered Fifty shall be accomplished under the direct supervision of the provincial or city fiscal and shall specifically contain a statement acknowledging delivery of the accused and receipt of the complaint and of the information as to the penalty which by law may be imposed upon the offender. It shall, likewise, contain an undertaking that the offender will be held ready to appear in the civil court for trial and that he will be produced at the proper time.1âшphi1 Done at the City of Manila, this thirtieth day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the second. MANUEL L. QUEZON President of the Philippines The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation