QuestionsQuestions (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1876)
The law is Presidential Decree No. 1876 (July 21, 1983), titled “Repealing Presidential Decree No. 1498, Otherwise Known as the National Security Code.”
PD No. 1876 repeals Presidential Decree No. 1498, otherwise known as the National Security Code.
The decree states that with the issuance of Proclamation No. 2045, there is a need to repeal the National Security Code.
It takes effect “effective immediately.”
No. It expressly provides that the repeal is “without prejudice to any proceedings, cases in Court or transactions that might have arisen from any of the laws embodied in said Code.”
It reflects the general principle that repeal does not automatically extinguish rights already vested, nor does it affect pending cases or proceedings arising under the repealed law.
It does not prejudice them; cases in court that arose from laws embodied in the repealed Code are preserved.
It preserves them as well (“without prejudice... transactions that might have arisen”), meaning those transactions are not nullified solely by the repeal.
The text suggests no automatic bar for cases/proceedings that already arose from the Code; however, students should analyze specific transitional and penal-law principles. At minimum, PD No. 1876’s “without prejudice” clause indicates existing proceedings/cases are not impaired.
It was signed by President Ferdinand E. Marcos and countersigned by Juan C. Tuvera, Presidential Executive Assistant.
It was done in the City of Manila on July 21, 1983.
As a law, the National Security Code is repealed as of the decree’s effectivity, meaning it cannot be invoked as a current legal basis for new actions, subject to the decree’s savings clause for prior proceedings, cases, and transactions.
It signals legislative intent to avoid unintended consequences of repeal, preserving pending and previously arising matters rather than imposing a blanket nullification.
PD No. 1876 repeals the National Security Code (PD No. 1498) immediately, but it preserves prior proceedings, court cases, and transactions arising under the repealed code.