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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 1975

AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1835

WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1835 codified the various laws on anti-subversion and increased the penalties for membership in subversive organization;

WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1835 imposed, among others, the penalties of forfeiture of rights as a citizen of the Philippines and confiscation of real or personal properties in favor of the State;

WHEREAS, in the spirit of reconciliation the State desires to temper the penalties imposed under Presidential Decree No. 1835;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby decree as follows:

Section 1. Section 4 of Presidential Decree No. 1835 is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 4. Whoever knowingly, willfully and by overt acts of affiliates with, becomes or remains a member of, a subversive association or organization as defined in Section 2 hereof, whether committed within or outside the territorial jurisdiction of the Philippines,...

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