Full Title
AN ACT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PENALTIES FOR HABITUAL DELINQUENTS.
Congress
6th Philippine Legislature
Date of Approval
February 16, 1923

Other Details

Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
ACT

Official Gazette

Official Gazette Source
Official Gazette vol. 21 no. 60 page 1203 (5/19/1923)

Full Text of Issuance

[ Act No. 3062, February 17, 1923 ]

AN ACT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PENALTIES FOR HABITUAL DELINQUENTS

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of the same:SECTION 1. Any person who has twice or oftener been convicted of the crime of theft or robbery the day on which he completed service of his last sentence, shall be deemed a habitual delinquent and shall suffer the  penalty provided by law for the last crime committed and an additional penalty equivalent to one-half of the penalty  imposed therefor, and the penalty herein provided shall be imposed upon such habitual delinquent every time thereafter he shall commit either of said misdemeanors prior to the expiration of ten years from and after the date on which he completed serving his last sentence. SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.Approved, February 17, 1923.

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