Bill Type
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Long Title
AN ACT RATIONALIZING AND STRENGTHENING THE PROBATION SYSTEM BY INCREASING INTER ALIA THE PROBATIONABLE PENALTY TO LESS THAN EIGHT (8) YEARS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE THE PERTINENT PROVISIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 968, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "PROBATION LAW OF 1976", AS AMENDED
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Date filed
July 3, 2013
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB01066 |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT RATIONALIZING AND STRENGTHENING THE PROBATION SYSTEM BY INCREASING INTER ALIA THE PROBATIONABLE PENALTY TO LESS THAN EIGHT (8) YEARS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE THE PERTINENT PROVISIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 968, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "PROBATION LAW OF 1976", AS AMENDED |
| ABSTRACT : Seeks to allow offenders to avail of the benefits of probation even if they have perfected an appeal from the judgment of conviction provided the penalty meted out remains probationable. |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : GONZALES, NEPTALI II M. |
| DATE FILED : 2013-07-03 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| NATURE : Reform |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : |
| 1. Cruz-Gonzales (054 2014-03-04) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE |
| MOTHER BILL: HB04147 |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON REVISION OF LAWS ON 2013-07-29 |
Abstract
Seeks to allow offenders to avail of the benefits of probation even if they have perfected an appeal from the judgment of conviction provided the penalty meted out remains probationable.
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