DECREE FURTHER AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 39

1. “(2) No sentence of a military commission shall be executed unless the
   same is approved and ordered executed by the President of the
   Philippines. The recommendation of the Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of
   the Philippines, as Reviewing Authority, along with the record of trial
   of the case and the opinion of the Board of Review shall be forwarded to
   the President of the Philippines for final action, through the
   Secretary of National Defense who shall conduct a thorough and
   exhaustive review of such record of trial as firm basis for the
   President’s dispositive action. In any case, the President shall have
   the power to reverse, confirm, increase the penalty imposed, or
   otherwise modify any decision of the military commission.”

2. Sub-paragraph C, Section 5, of Presidential Decree No. 39,
   dated November 7, 1972, is hereby amended to read as follows:

   “c. After trial. — No sentence of a provost court shall be
   executed unless the same is approved and ordered executed by the
   President of the Philippines. The recommendation of the appropriate
   Reviewing Authority, along with the record of trial of the case, and the
   recommendation of the Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines
   with the opinion of the Board of Review, shall be forwarded to the
   President of the Philippines for his final action, through the Secretary
   of National Defense who shall conduct a thorough and exhaustive review
   of such record of trial as firm basis for the President’s dispositive
   action. In any case, the President shall have the power to reverse,
   confirm, increase the penalty imposed, or otherwise modify any decision
   of the provost court.

3. All provisions of Presidential Decrees, General Orders or
   Letters of Instruction or portions thereof which are inconsistent with
   the provisions of this Decree are hereby repealed or modified
   accordingly.
4. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Sub-paragraph c(2), Section 4 of Presidential Decree No. 39
dated November 7, 1972, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Done in the City of Manila, this 18th day of October, in the year of
Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.