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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1914, October 16, 1979 ]

The Government of the Republic of the Philippines hereby declares its intention:

A) To comply with the Declaration on the Protection of all Persons from being subjected to torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (General Assembly Resolution 3452 (XXX), and

B) To implement, through legislation and other effective measures, the provisions of the said declaration.

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

Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen hundred and seventy-nine.1aшphi1

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Executive Assistant

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