Providing for the Allowance to Persons Sentenced in Any Criminal Cause, with Exceptions, of One-Half of the Preventive Imprisonment Undergone by Them
Act No. 2557, enacted on February 1, 1916, allows individuals sentenced for crimes in the Philippines to receive credit for one-half of their preventive imprisonment time when serving their sentences. However, this benefit is not applicable to repeat offenders, those who fail to surrender after being summoned, and individuals convicted of specific crimes such as robbery, theft, and fraud. The act requires prison wardens to consider these provisions when determining release dates for inmates. It also repeals a prior law that conflicted with its provisions, taking effect immediately upon passage.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 2557
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
February 1, 1916
ACT NO. 2557
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ALLOWANCE TO PERSONS SENTENCED IN ANY CRIMINAL CAUSE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF CRIMES, OF ONE-HALF OF THE PREVENTIVE IMPRISONMENT UNDERGONE BY THEM, REPEALING SECTION NINETY-THREE OF THE "PROVISIONAL LAW FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE PENAL CODE TO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SECTION 1. Offenders at present serving sentence and those hereafter sentenced in any criminal cause shall be credited, in the service of their sentences, with one-half of the time during which they have undergone preventive imprisonment.
SECTION 2. The benefits of this Act shall not apply to:
(a) Criminals convicted more than once of the same crime or more than twice of any crime.
(b) Absent offenders who, upon being summoned in legal form, have failed to surrender themselves voluntarily.
(c) Persons convicted of robo, hurto, and estafa.
SECTION 3. The wardens of any prisons in the Philippine Islands shall take the foregoing provisions into consideration, in computing the time when the prisoners should be released.
SECTION 4. Section ninety-three of the "Provisional Law for the application of the provisions of the Penal Code to the Philippine Islands," and all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, February 1, 1916. ADCETI
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Providing for the Allowance to Persons Sentenced in Any Criminal Cause, with Exceptions, of One-Half of the Preventive Imprisonment Undergone by Them, Act No. 2557, Feb 1, 1916 (Philippines)
Providing for the Allowance to Persons Sentenced in Any Criminal Cause, with Exceptions, of One-Half of the Preventive Imprisonment Undergone by Them, Act No. 2557 (Phil. 1916)
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