Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND THE FIFTH PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE.
House Bill No.
H. No. 2202
Date of Approval
June 17, 1949

Other Details

Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Bill Note
Amendment Note
ACT 3815, art. 365, par. 5

Official Gazette

Official Gazette Source
Official Gazette vol. 45 no. 8 page 3191 (8/00/1949)

Full Text of Issuance

H. No. 2202 / 45 OG No. 8, 3191 (August, 1949)

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 384, June 17, 1949 ]

AN ACT TO AMEND THE FIFTH PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:SECTION 1. The fifth paragraph of article three hundred and sixty-five of the Revised Penal Code is amended to read as follows:

"In the imposition of these penalties, the courts shall exercise their sound discretion, without regard to the rules prescribed in article sixty-four."

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.Approved, June 17, 1949.

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