[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 187, June 05, 1987 ]
REPEALING PRESIDENTIAL DECREES NOS. 38, 942, 970, 1735, 1834, 1974, AND 1996 AND ARTICLES 142-A AND 142-B OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE AND RESTORING ARTICLES 135, 136, 137, 138, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 146, 177, 178, AND 179 TO FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS THEY EXISTED BEFORE SAID AMENDATORY DECREES.
WHEREAS, Article II, Section II, of the 1987 Constitution provides, that: "The State values the dignity of every human person and guarantees full respect for human rights.";
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:
SECTION 1. President Decrees Nos. 38, 942, 970, 1735, 1834, 1974 and 1996, and Articles 142-A and 142-B of the Revised Penal Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. Articles 135, 136, 137, 138, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 146, 177, 178 and 179 of the Revised Penal Code hereby restored to full force and effect as they existed before the said amendatory decrees.
SECTION 3. 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
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:
SECTION 1. President Decrees Nos. 38, 942, 970, 1735, 1834, 1974 and 1996, and Articles 142-A and 142-B of the Revised Penal Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. Articles 135, 136, 137, 138, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 146, 177, 178 and 179 of the Revised Penal Code hereby restored to full force and effect as they existed before the said amendatory decrees.
SECTION 3. 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