[ LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 50, January 06, 1973 ]
TO: | 1. | Thu Secretary Department of National Defense |
2. | The Secretary Department of Justice |
In the implementation of Presidential Decree No. 90 dated January 6, 1973, the following guidelines shall be observed:
- The existing laws and rules governing privileged communications as arc not in conflict with the purpose of said Presidential Decree No. 90 shall remain in full force and effect.
- Appropriate measures shall be undertaken to insure that the intelligence-gathering efforts of the government will not be hampered by the implementation of such Decree.
- Utterances and communications made in the course of personal misunderstandings which do not result in or cause or tend to cause divisive effects among the people, discredit of or distrust for the duly constituted authorities and/or the underlining of the stability of the government and the objectives of Be. New Society are deemed not covered by said Decree.
Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines
President
Republic of the Philippines