PROVIDING FOR MEASURES NECESSARY IN THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE REFORM PROGRAMS UNDER PROCLAMATION NO. 1081

WHEREAS, upon the lifting of martial law, the reform
programs initiated under Proclamation No. 1081 should continue to be
institutionalized and made permanent and lasting;

WHEREAS, Article XVII, Section 3 (2) of the Constitution
provides for the validity of all proclamations, orders, decrees, instructions,
and acts of the incumbent President under Proclamation No. 1081 and their
effectivity until expressly and explicitly modified or repealed by the incumbent
President or the regular National Assembly;

WHEREAS, in the continuing implementation of these
proclamations, orders, decrees, instructions, and acts in the
institutionalization of reform programs, it is essential that all public
officials and employees be encouraged to perform their functions efficiently and
ex-peditiously, free from vexations and time-consuming delays and
litigations.

NOW, THEREFORE, 1, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree as follows:

SECTION 1. All official acts, decisions or orders performed,
executed or issued by the Minister of National Defense or any other Cabinet
member or by any other public officer of the civilian government or member of
the Armed Forces in carrying out orders or regulations issued by me pursuant to
Presidential Proclamations Nos. 1081 and 1104 are and shall be deemed to have
been authorized by me and considered for all intents and purposes as the
official acts, decisions, and orders of the incumbent President. Evidence of any
act done in obedience to or in implementation of an order, rule, regulation,
decree or instructions issued or promulgated by me or any Cabinet member
authorized by me shall not be admissible in any criminal or civil case against
the officer or employee of the civil government or the military or defense
establishment concerned. Neither shall it constitute a cause of action in any
civil case for wrongdoing or damages or a basis for criminal liability in any
court of law.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused
the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of January in the year of Our Lord,
nineteen hundred and eighty-one.

			(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President of the Philippines
	By the President:
	(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
		Presidential Executive Assistant

Vol. 25, Vital Documents, Presidential Decree 1980-1981