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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 889-C, September 25, 1971 ]

FURTHER LIFTING THE SUSPENSION OF THE PRIVILEGE OF THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS IN OTHER AREAS.

WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 889 promulgated on August 21, 1971, suspended the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in certain cases throughout the country;

WHEREAS, by Proclamation No. 889-B promulgated on September 18, 1971, the suspension was lifted in certain areas of Luzon and the whole of Visayas; and

WHEREAS, consistently with the requirements of public safety and national security, the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus may further be lifted in other areas.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby lift the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in the following places:

A. PROVINCES:

1. Surigao del Norte

2. Surigao del Sur

3. Davao del Norte

4. Davao del Sur

5. Davao Oriental

6. Bukidnon

7. Agusan del Norte

8. Agusan del Sur

9. Misamis Oriental

10. Misamis Occidental

11. Camiguin

12. Zamboanga del Norte

13. Zamboanga del Sur

14. Sulu

B. CITIES:

1. Surigao

2. Davao

3. Butuan

4. Cagayan de Oro

5. Gingoog

6. Ozamis

7. Oroquieta

8. Tangub

9. Dapitan

10. Dipolog

11. Zamboanga

12. Basilan

13. Pagadian

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.1aшphi1

Done in the City of Manila, this 25th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-one.

(SGD.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD.) ROBERTO V. REYES
Acting Executive Secretary

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