MOP, Bk 12 Pt. 1, v.5, 155
“Sec. 3. Service-connected crimes or offenses shall, pursuant to Republic Act No. 7055, be tried by court-martial: Provided, That the President of the Philippines may, in the interest of justice, motu proprio or upon the recommendation of the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, order or direct at any time before arraignment that any such crimes or offenses be tried by the proper civil courts.”
This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 21st day of May, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Three.
(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) ANTONIO T. CARPIO
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel