General Order No. 38




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ GENERAL ORDER NO. 38, September 19, 1973 ] AUTHORIZING THE ARREST AND DETENTION OF ANY PERSON INVOLVED IN CRIMES PUNISHABLE UNDER THE REVISED PENAL CODE AND OTHER SPECIAL LAWS COMMITTED AGAINST TOURISTS AND TRANSIENTS. General Order No. 2, dated September 22, 1972, as amended, is further amended by including the following provision: "23. Any person or persons who may have committed any crime under the Revised Penal Code or special laws where the offended party is in the Philippines as a tourist or a transient." Done in the City of Manila, this 19th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.ℒαwρhi৷ (Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President Republic of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES Acting Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation