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ARTICLE XIII
Public Order and Security
SECTION 1. Law and Order. – The Regional Government
shall give priority to the maintenance and preservation of law
and order for the establishment of peace and the protection of life,
liberty, and property of the people in the autonomous region, in
consonance with the provisions of the Constitution and this
Organic Act.
SEC. 2. Regional Security Force. – There is hereby created
a Philippine National Police Regional Command for the
autonomous region, hereafter called the Special Regional Security
Force (SRSF) or Regional Police Force, in short.
SEC. 3. Law Governing Regional Police Force. – The
Regional Assembly shall enact laws to govern the Regional Police
Force consistent with the pertinent provisions of the Constitution
and this Organic Act.
The members of the Moro National Liberation Front who
are integrated into the Regional Police Force may be deployed in
the autonomous region or elsewhere in the Republic as may be
determined by the proper police authorities.
SEC. 4. Regional Police Force Composition. – The PNP
Regional Command for the autonomous region/SRSF shall be
composed of the existing PNP units therein, the MNLF elements,
and other residents of the area who may later on be recruited into
the SRSF.
SEC. 5. Powers and Functions of Regional Police Force. –
The Regional Police Force shall exercise within the autonomous
region the following powers and functions:
(a) Enforce laws enacted by the Congress and by the
Regional Assembly relative to the protection of lives and properties
of the people;
(b) Maintain law and order and ensure public safety;
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