General Order No. 59

SEC. 2. All offenses not specifically mentioned in the preceeding section shall be under the jurisdiction of the civil courts: Provided , that the President may, in the public interest, refer to a military tribunal a case falling under the exclusive jurisdiction of the civil courts or a case falling under the exclusive jurisdiction of the military tribunal to a civil court.

SEC. 3. All cases not falling under Sectional hereof in which the accused have not been arraigned as of the date of effectivity of this Order shall immediately be transferred to the appropriate civil courts.  However, the case of an announced who has been arraigned may still and regulations which the Secretary of National Defence is hereby authorized to promulgated.

SEC. 4.  General Orders Nob. 49, 54 and 57, Presidential Decree No.  33-A, Presidential Memorandum to the Secretary of National Defense dated December 5, 1973 (remilitary tribunal jurisdiction over violations of Presidential Decree No. 296), and the provisions of (Presidential) other general orders, Presidential decrees or letters of instructions conffering exclusive or concurrent jurisdiction over other offenses on the military tribunals which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Order, are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.  Nothing, however, in this General Order shall be constructed as depriving courts-martial of their jurisdictions over offenses under the Articles of War.

SEC. 5.  This Order shall take effect immediately. Done in the City of Manila, this 24fth day of June, in the year of our Lord, nir.3teen hundred and seventy-seven. By the President JUAN C. TUVERA Presidential Assistant