Presidential Decree No. 1730 (PD 1730) — Declaring the Syndicated Printing, Manufacture, Distribution, Possession or Use of Fake Official Bureau of Land Transportation Forms Documents, Plates and Stickers as Offenses Involving Economic Sabotage
Presidential Decree No. 1730 (PD 1730) — Declaring the Syndicated Printing, Manufacture, Distribution, Possession or Use of Fake Official Bureau of Land Transportation Forms Documents, Plates and Stickers as Offenses Involving Economic Sabotage
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WHEREAS, there is an urgent and imperative need to safeguard
the interest of the general public and the government, particularly the Bureau
of Land Transportation, against the syndicated or highly organized operations of
unscrupulous persons engaged in the illegal printing, manufacture and/or
distribution of or mere possession or use of fake Bureau of Land Transportation
accountable forms and documents and motor vehicle number plates and
stickers;
WHEREAS, these nefarious and illegal operations have already
resulted in the loss of considerable government revenues;
WHEREAS, the commission of these offenses have placed in
great disadvantage the current program of the Bureau of Land Transportation in
upgrading the quality of drivers and accounting of motor vehicles operating
along the public highways; and
WHEREAS, the ordinary civil courts and legal procedures are
apparently hard up in coping with and containing these syndicates and/or their
activities.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the
Constitution, do hereby order and decree:
SECTION 1. Any provision of law to the contrary
notwithstanding, the illegal printing, manufacture, distribution and/or use of
fake official Bureau of Land Transportation accountable forms and documents and
of motor vehicle number plates and stickers shall be considered as offenses
constituting economic sabotage.
SEC. 2. The trial and adjudication of these offenses are
hereby declared to be within the exclusive jurisdiction of the appropriate
military tribunals or commissions.
SEC. 3. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 7th day of October, in the year of Our Lord,
nineteen hundred and eighty.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the
Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) JOAQUIN T. VENUS, JR.
Presidential
Assistant
Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).
