Legislative History
House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00117 | |
FULL TITLE : AN ACT RATIONALIZING AND STRENGTHENING THE PROBATION SYSTEM, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE THE PERTINENT PROVISIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 968, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'PROBATION LAW OF 1976', AS AMENDED | |
ABSTRACT : Amends five (5) salient points of the Probation Law: 1) provides that the offender could still avail of the benefits of probation, so long as the penalty meted out on appeal remains probationable; 2) increases the probationable period from 6 years and one day to less that eight years; 3) grants benefits of probation to offenders sentenced for crimes against public order that are classified as less grave felonies; 4) vests to Regional Directors the same miscellaneous powers enjoyed by Provincial and City Probation Officers, and considers all of them as persons in authority; and 5) renames the Volunteer Probation Aide as Volunteer Probation Officer in order to attract and encourage more civic minded and responsible members of the private sector to work hand in hand with the Probation and Parole personnel in the rehabilitative effort of the government. | |
PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : AGGABAO, GIORGIDI B. | |
DATE FILED : 2013-07-01 | |
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
NATURE : Reform | |
CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
1. Romualdo (017 2013-09-04) | 2. Co (011 2014-09-01) |
3. Batocabe (011 2014-09-01) | |
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
MOTHER BILL: HB04147 | |
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON REVISION OF LAWS ON 2013-07-23 |
Abstract
Amends five (5) salient points of the Probation Law: 1) provides that the offender could still avail of the benefits of probation, so long as the penalty meted out on appeal remains probationable; 2) increases the probationable period from 6 years and one day to less that eight years; 3) grants benefits of probation to offenders sentenced for crimes against public order that are classified as less grave felonies; 4) vests to Regional Directors the same miscellaneous powers enjoyed by Provincial and City Probation Officers, and considers all of them as persons in authority; and 5) renames the Volunteer Probation Aide as Volunteer Probation Officer in order to attract and encourage more civic minded and responsible members of the private sector to work hand in hand with the Probation and Parole personnel in the rehabilitative effort of the government.
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