[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 183, June 05, 1987 ]
REPEALING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1110-A, AS AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1743, WHICH PROVIDES FOR AND PENALIZES THE CRIME OF LESE MAJESTE
WHEREAS, the crime of Lese Majeste has no place in a democratic society;
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1110-A, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 1743, restored the said crime in our penal laws and provided for the perpetrators thereof the penalty of death;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:
SECTION 1. Presidential Decree No. 1110-A, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 1743, is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 5th day of June in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-seven.
By the President:
(Sgd.) JOKER P. ARROYO
Executive Secretary
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1110-A, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 1743, restored the said crime in our penal laws and provided for the perpetrators thereof the penalty of death;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:
SECTION 1. Presidential Decree No. 1110-A, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 1743, is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 5th day of June in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-seven.
(Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO
By the President:
(Sgd.) JOKER P. ARROYO
Executive Secretary