MANILA, Philippines - Malacañang will abide by a court decision ordering the abolition of the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG) as soon as it becomes final and executory, a spokesperson assured Wednesday.

"If the order is final and executory… The Palace always abides by the court's orders. So we will comply with the recommendations of the court and proceed with the appropriate actions," Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Gary Olivar told ABS-CBN's Umagang Kay Ganda.

Olivar added that despite Malacañang's confidence with the PASG for its "excellent work," it will be forced to abolish the group because of the court's order.

"We would like to commend PASG for the excellent work that they  have done in the anti-smuggling drive over the years since it was created by President [Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]," Olivar said.

He added that the PASG's men will have to return to their mother units in the Philippine National Police as soon as the anti-smuggling agency is abolished.

The PASG was created through Executive Order No. 624 issued by President Arroyo in 2007.

In a 9-page decision, Judge Silvino Pampilo of the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 26 said the executive order creating the PASG violates the separation of powers because it contradicts the provision of the Tariff and Customs Code and duplicates the functions of the Bureau of Customs.

"Wherefore premises considered the petition for declaratory relief is hereby granted. Executive Order 624 is hereby declared illegal, invalid, unconstitutional and in violation of the doctrine of separation of powers, checks and balances," the ruling read.

The same court earlier suspended the operations of PASG after foreigner Siu Ting Alpha Kwok, also known as the "diamond queen", questioned the validity of the law that created the PASG.

PASG agents raided Kwok's condominium unit in Pasig City last August, seizing about half a billion pesos worth of diamonds, assorted jewelry and wrist watches believed to have been smuggled into the country from Hong Kong.

Kwok has claimed that the raid was illegal and that the agency performs the same functions as that of the customs bureau.