Decree Amending Presidential Decree No. 206
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Decree Amending Presidential Decree No. 206
Presidential Decree No. 872
January 9, 1976
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Summary of Presidential Decree No. 872Amending Presidential Decree No. 206 on Amnesty Applications
- Proceedings before military tribunals and/or civil courts in criminal cases against persons who applied for amnesty under Presidential Decrees No. 95, 124, 497, 571, and 571-A may be held in abeyance pending final action by the President on their amnesty applications.
- The Secretary of National Defense is authorized to determine and order whether, in each specific case, trial by military tribunals may commence and/or resume despite the accused having applied for amnesty.
- The application for amnesty shall not be considered as evidence against the applicant in the corresponding case.
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Decree Amending Presidential Decree No. 206
Presidential Decree No. 872
•January 9, 1976
MALACAÑANGM a n i l a
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 872 January 9, 1976
DECREE AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 206
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 206 dated June 6, 1973 provides that "all proceedings before military tribunals and/or civil courts in connection with all criminal cases pending before them against all persons who have applied for amnesty in accordance with Presidential Decrees No. 95 and No. 124, dated January 11, 1973 and February 2, 1973, respectively, including those persons who are excepted thereunder but who, nevertheless, have applied for amnesty, shall be held in abeyance pending final action by the President on their applications for amnesty";
WHEREAS, considering that the administrative process in determining the merits of applications for amnesty under Presidential Decree Nos. 95, 124, 497, 571, and 571-A cannot be expedited to the extent desired in view of the necessity of prior extensive investigation inherent in any such determination of whether an accused should be granted amnesty or not under the provisions of the aforementioned Presidential Decrees;
WHEREAS, mindful that delay in the trial of...
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