QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 183)
To repeal Presidential Decree No. 1110-A, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 1743, which provided for and penalized the crime of lese majeste.
Presidential Decree No. 1110-A, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 1743.
It provided for the crime of lese majeste and penalized its perpetrators.
The penalty of death.
Immediately upon its effectivity, as stated in Section 2 of the EO.
Joker P. Arroyo.
It removes the legal basis for prosecuting under the repealed offense prospectively, and affects ongoing cases according to applicable rules on repeal, unless saved by law or the general principles on prior acts.
This is presented as a policy justification for abolishing the offense from Philippine penal laws.
It states that PD 1110-A, as amended by PD 1743, restored the crime of lese majeste in penal laws and provided for punishment (including death).
Section 1 specifically identifies the repealed instrument(s), which is essential for legal clarity and for courts and practitioners to determine that those penal provisions are no longer in force.
Section 1 repeals the specified decree(s), while Section 2 provides the timing of the repeal’s effectivity—immediately.
The EO text itself only clearly repeals the law and states immediate effectivity; whether prior acts can still be prosecuted depends on general legal principles on repeal and retroactivity, which are not spelled out in the excerpt.
Courts would consider the clear legislative intent to repeal and apply existing doctrines on repeal (e.g., effects on pending cases and those already final) consistent with Philippine jurisprudence and statutory rules.