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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 889-D, October 4, 1971 ]

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

WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 889, promulgated on August 21, 1971, as amended by Proclamation No. 889-A, promulgated on August 30, 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 of the privilege of habeas corpus was lifted in certain areas of Luzon and the whole of Visayas, and by Proclamation No. 889-C, promulgated on September 26, 1971, the suspension of the privilege of habeas corpus was also lifted in certain areas in Mindanao; 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. Cagayan

2. Cavite

3. Mountain Province

4. Kalinga-Apayao

5. Camarines Norte

6. Albay

7. Sorsogon

B. Cities:

1. Cavite City

2. Tagaytay

3. Trece Martires

4. Legaspi

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 4th day of October, 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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