PROVIDING FOR MEASURES NECESSARY IN THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE REFORM PROGRAMS UNDER PROCLAMATION NO. 1081

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 1791
• Sections: 2

Preamble

WHEREAS, upon the lifting of martial law, the reform

programs initiated under Proclamation No. 1081 should continue to be

institutionalized and made permanent and lasting;

WHEREAS, Article XVII, Section 3 (2) of the Constitution

provides for the validity of all proclamations, orders, decrees, instructions,

and acts of the incumbent President under Proclamation No. 1081 and their

effectivity until expressly and explicitly modified or repealed by the incumbent

President or the regular National Assembly;

WHEREAS, in the continuing implementation of these

proclamations, orders, decrees, instructions, and acts in the

institutionalization of reform programs, it is essential that all public

officials and employees be encouraged to perform their functions efficiently and

ex-peditiously, free from vexations and time-consuming delays and

litigations.

NOW, THEREFORE, 1, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the

Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby

order and decree as follows:

Section 1

SECTION 1. All official acts, decisions or orders performed,

executed or issued by the Minister of National Defense or any other Cabinet

member or by any other public officer of the civilian government or member of

the Armed Forces in carrying out orders or regulations issued by me pursuant to

Presidential Proclamations Nos. 1081 and 1104 are and shall be deemed to have

been authorized by me and considered for all intents and purposes as the

official acts, decisions, and orders of the incumbent President. Evidence of any

act done in obedience to or in implementation of an order, rule, regulation,

decree or instructions issued or promulgated by me or any Cabinet member

authorized by me shall not be admissible in any criminal or civil case against

the officer or employee of the civil government or the military or defense

establishment concerned. Neither shall it constitute a cause of action in any

civil case for wrongdoing or damages or a basis for criminal liability in any

court of law.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused

the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of January in the year of Our Lord,

nineteen hundred and eighty-one.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the

Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA

Presidential Executive

Assistant

Vol. 25, Vital Documents, Presidential Decree 1980-1981