DECLARING VIOLATIONS OF GENERAL ORDERS NO. 6 AND NO 7 DATED SEPTEMBER 22, 1972 AND SEPTEMBER 23, 1972, RESPECTIVELY, TO BE UNLAWFUL AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR

WHEREAS, pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated
September 21, 1972, the Philippines has been placed under a state of
martial law;

WHEREAS, by virtue of said Proclamation No. 1081,
General Order No. 6, dated September 22, 1972 and General Order No. 7,
dated September 23, 1972, have been promulgated by me;

WHEREAS, subversion, rebellion, insurrection,
lawless violence, criminality, chaos and public disorder mentioned in
the aforesaid Proclamation No. 1081 are committed and abetted by the use
of firearms, explosives and other deadly weapons;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS,
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, in order
to attain the desired result of the aforesaid Proclamation No. 1081 and
General Orders Nos. 6 and 7, do hereby order and decree that:

1. Any violation of the aforesaid General Orders Nos. 6 and 7 is
   unlawful and the violator shall, upon conviction suffer:

   (a) The mandatory penalty of death by a firing squad or
   electrocution as a military court/tribunal/commission may direct, if the
   firearm involved in the violation is unlicensed and is attended by
   assault upon, or resistance to persons in authority or their agents in
   the performance of their official functions resulting in death to said
   persons in authority or their agent; or if such unlicensed firearm is
   used in the commission of crimes against persons, property or chastity
   causing the death of the victim, or used in violation of any other
   General Orders and/or Letters of Instructions promulgated under said
   Proclamation No. 1081;

   (b) The penalty of imprisonment ranging from twenty years of life
   imprisonment as a military court/tribunal/com mission may direct, when
   the violation is not attended by any of the circumstances enumerated
   under the preceding paragraph;
   (c) The penalty provided for in the preceding paragraphs shall be
   imposed upon the owner, president, manager, members of the board of
   directors or other responsible officers of any public or private firms,
   companies, corporations or entities who shall willfully or knowingly
   allow any of the firearms owned by such firm, company, corporation or
   entity concerned to be used in violation of said General Orders Nos. 6
   and 7.
   

2. It is unlawful to possess deadly weapons, including
   hand-grenades, rifles grenades and other explosives, including, but not
   limited to, “pill box bombs,” “molotov cocktail bombs,” “fire bombs,” or
   other incendiary device consisting of any chemical, chemical compound,
   or detonating agents containing combustible units or other ingredients
   in such proportion, quantity, packing, or bottling that ignites by fire,
   by friction, by concussion, by percussion, or by detonation of all or
   part of the compound or mixture which may cause such a sudden generation
   of highly heated gases that the resultant gaseous pressures are capable
   of producing destructive effects on contiguous objects or causing
   injury or death of a person; and any person convicted thereof shall be
   punished by imprisonment ranging from ten to fifteen years as a military
   court/tribunal/commission may direct.
   
3. It is unlawful to carry outside of residence any bladed,
   pointed or blunt weapon such as “fanknife,” “spear,” “dagger,” “bolo,”
   “balisong,” “barong,” “kris,” or club, except where such articles are
   being used as necessary tools or implements to earn a livelihood and
   while being used in connection therewith; and any person found guilty
   thereof shall suffer the penalty of imprisonment ranging from five to
   ten years as a military court/ tribunal/ commission may direct.
   
4. When the violation penalized in the preceding paragraphs 2 and
   3 is committed during the commission of or for the purpose of
   committing, any other crime, the penalty shall be imposed upon the
   offender in its maximum extent, in addition to the penalty provided for
   the particular offenses committed or intended to be committed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of October in the year of
Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two.

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