GENERAL ORDER NO. 37

AMENDING GENERAL ORDER NO. 12, DATED SEPTEMBER 30, 1972, BY FURTHER DEFINING THE JURISDICTION OF MILITARY TRIBUNALS.

General Order No. 12, dated September 30, 1972 is further amended by adding the following provisions to read as follows:

"25. Swindling and other deceits as defined and penalized under Articles 315 and 316 of the Revised Penal Code."

The civil courts shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the military tribunals if the accused is a civilian.   The court or tribunal that first assumes jurisdiction shall exercise jurisdiction to the exclusion of all others.

Done in the City of Manila, this 1st day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.

 

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President

Republic of the Philippines  

   

By the President:  

(Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES  

Assistant Executive Secretary