QuestionsQuestions (DTI DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 12)
To authorize the arrest and detention of any person involved in swindling and other deceits punishable under Articles 315 and 316 of the Revised Penal Code, especially when committed in large scale.
General Order No. 2 dated September 22, 1972, as amended by General Order Nos. 2-A, 2-B, 2-C, and 2-D.
It adds/introduces an additional provision under the numbered section (Section 25), expanding coverage to persons who committed swindling and other deceits in large scale.
Crimes of swindling and other deceits as defined in Article 315 and Article 316 of the Revised Penal Code.
That the swindling and other deceits were committed “in large scale.”
Any person or persons known or found to have committed the crime of swindling and other deceits defined in Articles 315 and 316, in large scale.
Their arrest and detention.
Done in the City of Manila on April 13, 1973.
Ferdinand E. Marcos, as President of the Republic of the Philippines.
Roberto V. Reyes, Assistant Executive Secretary.
Because it ties the authorized arrest and detention to specific statutory crimes; students must locate the definitions, elements, and penalties of those Articles to apply the order.
It indicates coverage not only for those already identified as perpetrators (“known”) but also those determined through investigation/proceedings to have committed the offense (“found”).
It likely requires proof or a legal determination that the swindling/deceit was committed in large scale, meaning the facts must meet the threshold used in the context of Articles 315 and 316.
They show how special rules on arrest and detention may be issued for certain categories of crimes, and they require students to integrate constitutional/procedural considerations with substantive criminal statutes.