GENERAL ORDER NO. 24

: The main purpose is to authorize the arrest and detention of any person for the commission of crimes against personal liberty as defined and penalized under the Revised Penal Code, as amended.
: The crimes covered are kidnapping and serious illegal detention (Article 267), slight illegal detention (Article 268), unlawful arrest (Article 269), kidnapping and failure to return a minor (Article 270), inducing a minor to abandon his home (Article 271), slavery (Article 272), exploitation of child labor (Article 273), and services rendered under compulsion in payment of debts (Article 274).
: Kidnapping and serious illegal detention is penalized under Article 267 of the Revised Penal Code.
: Article 268 covers slight illegal detention.
: Article 269 penalizes unlawful arrest, and persons committing this may be arrested and detained under this general order.
: Kidnapping and failure to return a minor is penalized under Article 270.
: Article 271 addresses inducing a minor to abandon his home.
: Slavery is penalized under Article 272 and is included as a crime against personal liberty for which arrest and detention are authorized.
: Exploitation of child labor, penalized under Article 273, is covered by the General Order.
: Article 274 penalizes services rendered under compulsion in payment of debts, which falls under crimes against personal liberty.