RULE XII : Illegal Recruitment

SECTION 1. Basis for recommending arrest and detention. — The Secretary may recommend to the appropriate authority the arrest and detention of any person for illegal recruitment if he is satisfied from the preliminary examination conducted by him or by his duly authorized representative that the act constituting illegal recruitment has been committed and that the particular person has committed it.

SECTION 2. Preliminary examination. — Preliminary examination shall be considered as sufficient basis for recommending arrest and detention if the witness or witnesses have been examined personally by the Secretary or his duly authorized representative and the examination is reduced to writing under oath in the form of searching questions and answers.

SECTION 3. Secretariat on illegal recruitment. — The Bureau shall serve as the secretariat of the inter-agency Council on Illegal Recruitment established under LOI 324. It shall provide the necessary personnel, facilities and support services to the campaign against illegal recruitment and shall coordinate activities for the council for such purpose.