QuestionsQuestions (GENERAL ORDER NO. 61)
The curfew was established by and enforced under General Order No. 4, as amended, following Proclamation No. 1081 (September 21, 1972) which declared martial law throughout the land.
Because the social and economic stability achieved from the control measures under martial law meant the objectives had been sufficiently served, so the curfew needed to be relaxed to meet new requirements under the government’s reform and development program.
The curfew established under General Order No. 4 (as amended) “be now lifted throughout the land,” i.e., the default is nationwide lifting.
Curfew may be continued only in places where conditions warrant it due to (1) military necessity and/or (2) national security considerations and/or (3) peace and order considerations.
The Secretary of National Defense is directed to submit a list of areas/places where curfew must be continued.
The list must indicate the justifications therefor for continuing curfew in each specified area/place.
Within ten (10) days from the promulgation of the General Order.
It states that in relaxing control measures, a “proper balance” must be maintained between national security demands and economic development.
The text sets the general lifting “throughout the land” except in places where conditions warrant continuation. It implies that continued curfew requires being identified with justifications; absent such identified conditions/places, lifting should apply.
It indicates that once the objectives of stability are met, control measures like curfew should be relaxed to support reform and development.
Proclamation No. 1081 (September 21, 1972) and General Order No. 4 (as amended) are referenced.
It covers lifting curfew nationwide while allowing continued curfew only for identified areas where military necessity, national security, or peace and order issues warrant it.
It sets specific grounds that must justify any continued curfew; continued curfew must be anchored on those enumerated considerations.
It instructs that relaxation must maintain a proper balance: national security demands must be weighed alongside economic development needs.