PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 1735

: The offenses covered are rebellion, insurrection, sedition, subversion, and conspiracy to commit any of these offenses.
: Yes, the decree applies to the offenses whether committed within or outside the territorial jurisdiction of the Philippines.
: The additional penalties are the forfeiture of the rights of citizenship for Philippine citizens and confiscation of real or personal property belonging to the accused in favor of the State.
: A person found guilty of the covered offenses who is a Philippine citizen is subject to forfeiture of his rights as a citizen.
: Their real or personal properties are confiscated in favor of the State, in addition to the penalties prescribed by existing law.
: Yes, the trial may proceed notwithstanding the absence of the accused, provided he has been duly notified and his failure to appear is unjustified.
: Yes, judgment may be promulgated in absentia if the accused fails to appear after being duly notified.
: The confiscation of the accused’s properties in the Philippines may be immediately executed after judgment is promulgated in absentia.
: It was enacted by President Ferdinand E. Marcos by virtue of the constitutional powers vested in him.
: Yes, it imposes additional penalties on top of those already prescribed by existing laws.