Philippines

The Revised Penal Code of the Philippines

Title Three
Penalties

Chapter Three
DURATION AND Effect of Penalties

SECTION ONE
Duration of Penalties

ARTICLE 29. One-half of the Period of the preventive imprisonment deducted from term of imprisonment.
— Offenders who have undergone preventive imprisonment shall be credited in the service of their sentence consisting of deprivation of liberty, with one-half of the time during which they have undergone preventive imprisonment, except in the following cases :

1. When they are recidivists, or have been convicted previously twice or more times of any crime ;
2. When upon being summoned for the execution of their sentence they have failed to surrender voluntarily ;
3. When they have been convicted of robbery, theft, estafa, malversation of public funds, falsification, vagrancy, or prostitution.

Keywords

Enforcement of sentences imposed
Enforcement of sentence of imprisonment
Enforcement of national penalties - conditions of imprisonment
Enforcement of national penalties - imprisonment
Reduction of national sentence following pre-trial detention - national proceedings



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