Executive Order No. 493




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 493, February 20, 1952 ] FURTHER AMENDING SECTION 5-a OF CHAPTER III OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 178, DATED DECEMBER 17, 1938, ENTITLED “PRESCRIBING THE PROCEDURE, INCLUDING THE MODES OF PROOF IN CASES BEFORE COURTS-MARTIAL, COURTS OF INQUIRY, MILITARY COMMISSIONS, AND OTHER MILITARY TRIBUNALS OF THE ARMY OF THE PHILIPPINES” AS AMENDED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 47, DATED JUNE 6, 1945, EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 264, DATED SEPTEMBER 8, 1949, AND EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 414, DATED FEBRUARY 16, 1951. Paragraph 2 of section 5-a of Chapter III of Executive Order No. 178, dated December 17, 1938, as amended by Executive Order No. 47, dated June 6, 1945, Executive Order No. 264, dated September 8, 1949, and Executive Order No. 414, dated February 6, 1951, is hereby further amended to read as follows: “Under the authority of AW 8, as amended by Republic Acts Nos. 242 and 516, the Commanding Officer of a major command or task force, the Commanding Officer of a Division, the Commanding Officer of the Philippine Army Training Command, the Commanding Officer of a Military Area, the Superintendent of the Philippine Military Academy (except for the trial of an officer), and the Commanding Officer of a battalion or a larger unit, or corresponding units of the Air Force and the Navy, assigned for duty in a territory beyond the jurisdiction of the Philippines, are hereby empowered to appoint general courtsmartial.” Done in the City of Manila, this 20th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-two, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the sixth.1a⍵⍴h!1 (SGD.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO President of the Philippines By the President: (SGD.) MARCIANO ROQUE Acting Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation