Executive Order No. 279, June 7, 1940

ALLOWING CERTAIN RESERVE OFFICERS OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY TO POSSESS FIREARMS UNDER CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION

For the purpose of developing proficiency in the use of firearms among the reserve officers who will command and train the great bulk of our army in time of emergency, and in order to raise the standard of marksmanship all over the country, officers in the Reserve Force, Philippine Army, who satisfy the following requirements are hereby authorized to possess firearms under Certificate of Registration, subject to the conditions required by army regulations as regards the proper keeping and use of firearms and other matters relating thereto:

• (1) They shall have passed a test given to them by an officer designated by the Chief of Staff of the Philippine Army in connection with the mechanism and functioning of the firearm applied for.

• (2) They shall have fired a regular target course for rifles, pistols or revolvers, as the case may be, under the supervision of an officer designated by the Chief of Staff of the Philippine Army.

• (3) They shall be members in good standing of the Reserve Officers Legion of the Philippines.

Done at the City of Baguio, this seventh day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the fifth.

(Sgd.) MANUEL L. QUEZON

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JORGE B. VARGAS

Secretary to the President