QuestionsQuestions (GENERAL ORDER NO. 24)
It authorizes 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.
General Order No. 2, dated September 22, 1972, as amended by General Order Nos. 2-A, 2-B, 2-C, 2-D and 19 (all dated January 6, 1973).
Provision 23.
The specific crimes enumerated in the General Order: (a) kidnapping and serious illegal detention (Art. 267), (b) slight illegal detention (Art. 268), (c) unlawful arrest (Art. 269), (d) kidnapping and failure to return a minor (Art. 270), (e) inducing a minor to abandon his home (Art. 271), (f) slavery (Art. 272), (g) exploitation of child labor (Art. 273), and (h) services rendered under compulsion in payment of debts (Art. 274).
Kidnapping and serious illegal detention.
Slight illegal detention.
Unlawful arrest.
Kidnapping and failure to return a minor.
Inducing a minor to abandon his home.
Slavery.
Exploitation of child labor.
Services rendered under compulsion in payment of debts.
It applies to “any person” who commits the enumerated crimes against personal liberty.
It authorizes the arrest and detention of any person for the commission of the specified crimes.
Done in the City of Manila on January 20, 1973.