Presidential Decree No. 1227 (PD 1227) — Punishing Unlawful Entry into. Any Military Base in the Philippines
military bases in the Philippines has reached alarming proportions;
WHEREAS, the problem is partly due to the absence of any law
punishing unlawful entry into military bases. Article 281 of the Revised Penal
Code punishing other forms of trespass is unavailing- because it is limited to
"any person who shall enter the closed premises or the fenced estate of another,
while either of them are uninhabited"
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree as part of the law of the land as follows:
SECTION 1. Any person who, without express or implied
Permission or authority of the base commander or his duly authorized
representative, shall re-enter or is found within any military base after having
been removed therefrom and ordered not to re-enter by the base commander or his
duly authorized representative, shall be punished for the first offense, with,
imprisonment of not more than ten (10) days or a fine not exceeding P100.00 or
both; for the second offense, with imprisonment of not less than ten (10) days
but riot more than one (1) month or a fine of not less than P100.00 but not more
than P200.00, or both; and for the third and subsequent offenses, with
imprisonment of not less than one (1) month but not more than six (6) months or
a fine of not less than P200.00 but not more than P1,000.00, or both.
SEC. 2. The term "military base" as used in this decree
means any military, air, naval, or coast guard reservation, base, fort, camp,
arsenal, yard, station, or installation in the Philippines.
SEC. 3. Nothing in this decree shall be construed to deny
any person ingress to or egress from his privately-owned land embraced, located
or s-ituated within any military base mentioned in Sections 1 and 2 hereof.
SEC. 4. This decree shall take effect thirty days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation in
the Philippines.
Done in the City of Manila, this 27th day of October, in the year of Our
Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-seven.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Executive
Assistant
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