AMENDING SECTIONS 2 AND 4 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 3 (DATED 7 JULY 1992), AS AMENDED

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WHEREAS, pursuant to Executive Order No. 3, dated 7 July 1992, the
Presidential Anti-Crime Commission (PACC) was created with the principal task
of directing and coordinating the activities of various law enforcement
agencies to effect a more vigorous campaign against criminality;

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 221 dated 23 January 1995 was issued amending
Executive Order No. 3, dated 7 July 1992, and clarifying the authority and
extent of the powers and functions of the PACC;

WHEREAS, Administrative Order No. 219 dated 4 October 1995 was issued
delineating the functions, powers and jurisdictions of the PACC, the National
Peace and Order Council, the National Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee
and their implementing agencies;

WHEREAS, there is an urgent need for the PACC to concentrate its
anti-criminality campaign on certain offenses like violations of the Dangerous
Drugs Act (R.A. 6425, as amended), plunder (R.A. 7080, as amended), and other
heinous crimes deemed in R.A. 7659; and

WHEREAS, in view of the resignation of the Vice-President as PACC Chairman,
there is also now a need to reconstitute the composition of the PACC

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL
V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. Section 2 of Executive Order No. 3, dated 7 July 1992, as amended,
is hereby amended as follows:

“Sec. 2. Composition. – The
Commission shall be composed of the Secretary of Justice as Chairman the
Secretary of Interior and Local Government as Vice-Chairman; the Chief
Presidential Legal Counsel as Co-Vice-Chairman; and two representatives of
non-government organizations (NGO) which are involved in crime prevention and
designated by the President upon recommendation of the Chairman.”

SECTION 2. Section 4 of the same Executive Order is amended as follows:

“Sec. 4. OFFENSES COVERED. – In
the discharge of its functions, the Commission shall have the authority to take
cognizance of the following crimes:

a. Those committed by
organized/syndicated crime groups, including but not limited to: gunrunning,
illegal logging, robbery, kidnapping for ransom, white slave trade, illegal
recruitment, carnapping, smuggling, piracy, drug-trafficking, falsification of
land titles and other government forms, large scale swindling, film piracy,
counterfeiting and bank frauds.

An organized/syndicated crime group
means a group of two or more persons collaborating, confederating or mutually
helping one another in the commission of any crime.

b. Those which are considered as
heinous crimes.

A heinous crime, for purposes of
this Executive Order, is any of the offenses defined in R.A. 7659; a grave
felony as defined in the Revised Penal Code; or an offense punishable under
special law, committed in a manner that is revolting or shocking to the common
sensibilities of man, whether deliberately sought or not, such as those
attended by cruelty, ignominy treachery, and similar circumstances.

c. Those committed by the
members of the Philippine National Police and the Armed Forces of the
Philippines.

d. Violations of the Dangerous
Drugs Act of 1972, as amended.

e. Plunder as defined in R.A.
7080, as amended.

f. Such other offenses which the
President may consider appropriate to place under its authority.”

SECTION 3. All orders, issuances, rules and regulations or parts thereof
inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.

SECTION 4. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 20th day of August, in the year of
our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Seven.

(Sgd.) FIDEL
V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary

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