Philippines

The Revised Penal Code of the Philippines

Title Three
Penalties

CHAPTER ONE
Penalties in General

ARTICLE 24. Measures of prevention or safety which are Not Considered Penalties.
— The following shall not be considered as penalties :

1. The arrest and temporary detention of accused persons, as well as their detention by reason of insanity or imbecility, or illness requiring their confinement in a hospital.

Keywords

Provisional arrest
Arrest
Provisional arrest for national proceedings



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