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AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 4 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 968, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PROBATION LAW OF 1976, AS AMENDED, ON THE GRANT OF PROBATION
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Date filed
July 31, 2013
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Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB02117 |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 4 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 968, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PROBATION LAW OF 1976, AS AMENDED, ON THE GRANT OF PROBATION |
| ABSTRACT : Grants an accused the right to apply for probation despite his appeal from judgment of conviction, it his appeal is for the sole purpose of reducing the penalty within probationable limits and the appellate court modifies the judgment by imposing a probationable penalty. |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ESCUDERO, EVELINA G. |
| DATE FILED : 2013-07-31 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| NATURE : Reform |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE |
| MOTHER BILL: HB04147 |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON REVISION OF LAWS ON 2013-08-07 |
Abstract
Grants an accused the right to apply for probation despite his appeal from judgment of conviction, it his appeal is for the sole purpose of reducing the penalty within probationable limits and the appellate court modifies the judgment by imposing a probationable penalty.
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