PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 12, October 03, 1972

WHEREAS, pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated
September 21, 1972, the Philippines was declared under a state of
martial law, for the reasons, among others, that criminal and lawless
elements have conspired and are conspiring with those who want to
undermine the faith of the people in, and to overthrow by force,
violence and deceit the duly constituted Government;

WHEREAS, among these criminal and lawless elements
are ranking officers and members of the city and municipal police forces
throughout the country;

WHEREAS, in order to rid the police service of said
criminal and lawless elements, and to inculcate a sense of discipline
among all city and municipal policemen, it is urgently necessary that
administrative cases against them be expeditiously disposed of;

WHEREAS, in order to expedite the disposition of
such administrative cases, it is necessary that Adjudication and
Investigation Boards be created with the principal function of
investigating and disposing of administrative cases against all members
of the city and municipal police forces;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS,
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and
pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972, do hereby
order and decree that:

1. The Chairman of the Police Commission shall create as many
   Adjudication Boards in the Office of the Police Commission as are
   necessary to review and dispose of all administrative cases of city and
   municipal police forces heretofore and/or hereafter referred to the
   Police Commission for final action. Each Board shall be composed of a
   senior official of the Police Commission as Chairman and a senior
   officer of the Philippine Constabulary and a representative of the
   Secretary of Justice as members.
2. The Adjudication Boards shall perform the function of the
   Police Commission en bane in the review and final adjudication of
   administrative cases of members of police forces falling under Police
   Act of 1966.
3. In lieu of the Board of Investigators provided for
   under the Police Act of 1966, the Chairman of the Police Commission, in
   coordination with the Secretaries of Justice and National Defense, will
   create at least one board for each province and city, to be composed of
   one representative of the Police Commission, as Chairman; one
   representative of the Secretary of Justice and a Constabulary Officer as
   members, which shall function on a full time basis, under the direct
   supervision and control of the Police Commission. These Boards shall
   perform the same duties as the Board of Investigators in accordance with
   the Police Act of 1966 and implementing Executive Orders, rules and
   regulations. Said Boards shall submit a bi-monthly report on the cases
   referred to them for investigation indicating the status and/or
   disposition thereof, to the Chairman of the Police Commission, who shall
   see to it that cases filed with, and/or referred to, the Boards shall
   be acted upon and disposed of without undue delay.
4. By virtue hereof, the provisions of the Police Act of 1966 and
   all Executive Orders, rules and regulations which are in conflict with
   this Decree are hereby modified and/or amended.
5. The Chairman of the Police Commission shall promulgate rules
   and regulations to implement this Decree.

Done in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of October, in the year of
Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President Republic of the Philippines