SUSPENDING ALL CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS PENDING BEFORE MILITARY TRIBUNALS AND CIVIL COURTS AGAINST ALL PERSONS WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR AMNESTY.

WHEREAS, in order to accelerate the restoration of peace and
order which is one of the objectives of Proclamations No. 1081, dated September
21, 1972, and No. 1104, dated January 17, 1973, Presidential Decrees No. 95,
dated January 11, 1973, and No. 124, dated February 2, 1973, proclaimed amnesty
for certain classes of offenders;

WHEREAS, it has always been the avowed policy of the
Government to unify our people and secure them from further violence, injuries
and loss of lives;

WHEREAS, it is provided in the said Decrees that
cases now pending before fiscals, civil courts and military tribunals against
the said offenders, shall be dismissed motu proprio by the respective fiscals,
civil courts and military tribunals, either upon petition of the prosecution or
the accused after the grant of amnesty;

WHEREAS, in order to render more effective the aforesaid
Decrees, it is necessary that all proceedings in connection with criminal cases
pending before fiscals, civil courts and military tribunals against those who
have applied for amnesty in accordance with said Presidential Decrees No. 95 and
No. 124, be suspended; and

WHEREAS, reports from the military authorities indicate that
a great number of persons have applied for amnesty under said Decrees after the
deadline set therein and there are still others who would want to surrender and
return to the folds of the law;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, pursuant to
Proclamations No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and No. 1104, dated January
17, 1973, and in my capacity as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of
the Philippines, do hereby order and decree that all proceedings before military
tribunals and/or civil courts in connection with all criminal cases pending
before them against all persons who have applied for amnesty in accordance with
Presidential Decrees No. 95 and No. 124, dated January 11, 1973 and February 2,
1973, respectively, including those persons who are excepted thereunder but who,
nevertheless, have applied for amnesty, shall be held in abeyance pending final
action by the President on their application for amnesty.

I do further order and decree that the Secretary of National Defense or his
duly authorized representative may order the temporary release of the said
accused should they be under detention, as the Secretary of National Defense or
his duly authorized representative may deem advisable, taking into consideration
the national security;

I do finally order and decree that the deadline for the filing of
applications for amnesty under Presidential Decrees No. 95, dated January 11,
1973, and No. 124, dated February 2, 1973, both as amended by Presidential
Decree No. 158, dated March 17, 1973, is extended up to July 15, 1973,
provided that offenses covered by the aforesaid Decrees which may have
been committed after this promulgation may be the subject of application for
such amnesty.

Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of June, 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