An Act Establishing Cases of Exception In The Application of The Death Penalty and for Other Purposes
Act No. 2726, enacted on December 20, 1917, establishes exceptions to the application of the death penalty in the Philippines. The death penalty cannot be imposed on individuals under eighteen years old at the time of their crime or unless the Supreme Court magistrates unanimously agree on the sentence. Instead of the death penalty, those exempted will face a penalty of thirty years imprisonment or the next lesser penalty according to the Penal Code. This Act repeals any conflicting laws and took effect immediately upon approval.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 2726
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
December 20, 1917
ACT NO. 2726
AN ACT ESTABLISHING CASES OF EXCEPTION IN THE APPLICATION OF THE DEATH PENALTY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SECTION 1. The death penalty shall be imposed in all cases in which it must be imposed under existing law, except in the following:
First. When the guilty person was less than eighteen years of age at the time of the commission of the crime; and
Second. When the vote upon the sentence in the second instance by the magistrates of the Supreme Court participating in the voting is not unanimous with regard to the propriety of the imposition of the death penalty.
SECTION 2. In the cases of exception mentioned in the preceding section, there shall be imposed upon the guilty person, instead of the death penalty, the penalty of thirty years of imprisonment in case the crime of which he has been convicted is penalized by an Act of the Philippine Commission or the Philippine Legislature, and the penalty immediately below the death penalty in the respective scale of the Penal Code if it is penalized by said Code.
SECTION 3. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect immediately.
Approved, December 20, 1917.
Cite This Law
An Act Establishing Cases of Exception In The Application of The Death Penalty and for Other Purposes, Act No. 2726, Dec 20, 1917 (Philippines)
An Act Establishing Cases of Exception In The Application of The Death Penalty and for Other Purposes, Act No. 2726 (Phil. 1917)
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