Arrest for Crimes Against Personal Liberty

Section 23 of the amended General Order No. 2 applies to “any person” who commits any of the enumerated crimes against personal liberty.
Section 23(a) covers kidnapping and serious illegal detention under Article 267.
Section 23(b) covers slight illegal detention under Article 268.
Section 23(c) covers unlawful arrest under Article 269.
Section 23(d) covers kidnapping and failure to return a minor under Article 270.
Section 23(e) covers inducing a minor to abandon his home under Article 271.
Section 23(f) covers slavery under Article 272.
Section 23(g) covers exploitation of child labor under Article 273.
Section 23(h) covers services rendered under compulsion in payment of debts under Article 274.

General Order No. 24 authorizes the arrest and detention of any person for the commission of the enumerated crimes against personal liberty.
The authorization is tied to crimes defined and penalized under the Revised Penal Code, as amended.
The enumerated list operates as an inclusive set of qualifying crimes for Section 23.

The crimes covered by Section 23 are the crimes against personal liberty defined and penalized under the Revised Penal Code, as amended.
The operative crime references are anchored on the numbered Articles 267 to 274.
The coverage includes kidnapping-related offenses, illegal detention, unlawful arrest, child-related offenses involving abandonment and failure to return, and forms of compulsion and exploitation connected to slavery, child labor, and debt compulsion.

General Order No. 24 is dated January 20, 1973 and is issued as an amendment to previously issued General Order No. 2 and its amendments.
General Order No. 24 is expressly framed as a further amendment to the previously amended General Order No. 2 by adding a new Section 23 provision.
The amendment is executed through the addition of the enumerated paragraphs (a) through (h) under Section 23.