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[ Act No. 2104, January 26, 1912 ]

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AMENDING 530. AND THIRTY, ENTITLED "AN ACT DEFINING THE JURISDICTION OF THE CIVIL AND OF THE MILITARY AUTHORITIES OVER LANDS RESERVED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR MILITARY PURPOSES," BY PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF MAKING ARRESTS AND SERVING SUBPOENAS ON MILITARY RESERVATIONS, OR IN CAMPS OR BARRACKS.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. Section seven of Act Numbered Five hundred and thirty is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 7. No arrest of any officer, soldier, or civilian employee in the military service of the United States shall be made on any military reservation, or in any camp or barracks except on warrant in due form in writing, copy of which shall be previously delivered to the commanding officer thereof; and no subpoena, directed to any such officer, soldier, or civilian employee in the military service of the United States shall be served on any military reservation, or in any camp or barracks without previously delivering a copy of such subpoena to the commanding officer thereof."
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, January 26, 1912.
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