Article 52Act No. 3815, Sec./Art. 52

Penalty to be imposed upon accomplices in a consummated crime.-The penalty next lower in degree than that prescribed by law for the consummated felony shall be imposed upon the accomplices in the commission of a consummated felony.

REVISED PENAL CODE TEXT AND SPECIAL PENAL LAWS

(b) instruct all probationers under his supervision of that

of the probation aide on the terms and conditions of their

probations;

(c) keep himself informed of the conduct and condition of

probationers

under

his

charge

and

use all suitable

methods to bring about an improvement in their conduct

and conditions;

(d) maintain a detailed record of his work and submit

such

written

reports

as

may

be

required

by

the

Administration or the court having jurisdiction over the

probationer under his supervision;

(e) prepare a list of qualified residents of the province or

city where he is assigned who are willing to act as

probation aides;

(f) supervise the training of probation aides and oversee

the latter's supervision of probationers;

(g)

exercise

supervision

and

control

over

all

field

assistants, probation aides and other personnel; and

(h) perform such duties as may be assigned by the court

or the Administration.

Section 24. Miscellaneous Powers of Regional, Provincial

and City Probation Officers. Regional, Provincial or City

Probation Officers shall have the authority within their

territorial

jurisdiction

to

administer

oaths

and

acknowledgments and to take depositions in connection

with their duties and functions under this Decree. They

shall also have, with respect to probationers under their

care,

the

powers

of

a

police

officer. They shall be

considered as persons in authority. (as amended by RA

No 10707, November 26, 2015)

Section 25. Qualifications of Regional, Assistant Regional,

Provincial, and City Probation Officers. No person shall be

appointed Regional or Assistant Regional or Provincial or

City Probation Officer unless he possesses at least a

bachelor's degree with a major in social work, sociology,

psychology,

criminology,

penology, corrections, police

science, administration, or related fields and has at least

three years of experience in work requiring any of the

abovementioned

disciplines, or is a member of the

Philippine Bar with at least three years of supervisory

experience.

Whenever practicable, the Provincial or City Probation

Officer

shall

be

appointed

from

among

qualified

residents of the province or city where he will be assigned

to work.

Section 26. Organization. Within twelve months from the

approval of this Decree, the Secretary of Justice shall

organize

the

administrative

structure

of

the

Administration and the other agencies created herein.

During said period, he shall also determine the staffing

patterns of the regional, provincial and city probation

offices with the end in view of achieving maximum

efficiency

and

economy

in

the

operations

of

the

probation system.

Section 27. Field Assistants, Subordinate Personnel. –

Regional, Provincial or City Probation Officers shall be

assisted

by

such

field

assistants

and

subordinate

personnel as may be necessary to enable them to carry

out their duties effectively. (as amended by RA No 10707,

November 26, 2015)

Section 28. Volunteer Probation Assistants (VPAs). — To

assist the Chief Probation and Parole Officers in the

supervised treatment program of the probationers, the

Probation Administrator may appoint citizens of good

repute and probity, who have the willingness, aptitude,

and capability to act as VPAs.

VPAs shall not receive any regular compensation except

for reasonable transportation and meal allowances, as

may be determined by the Probation Administrator, for

services rendered as VPAs.

They shall hold office for a two (2)-year term which may

be renewed or recalled anytime for a just cause. Their

functions,

qualifications,

continuance

in

office

and

maximum case loads shall be further prescribed under

the implementing rules and regulations of this Act.

There shall be a reasonable number of VPAs in every

regional, provincial, and city probation office. In order to

strengthen the functional relationship of VPAs and the

Probation Administrator, the latter shall encourage and

support

the

former

to

organize

themselves

in

the

national, regional, provincial, and city levels for effective

utilization,

coordination,

and

sustainability

of

the

volunteer

program. (as amended by RA No 10707,

November 26, 2015)

Section 29. Violation of Confidential Nature of Probation

Records. The penalty of imprisonment ranging from six

months and one day to six years and a fine ranging from

hundred to six thousand pesos shall be imposed upon

any person who violates Section 17 hereof.

Section 30. Appropriations. There is hereby authorized

the appropriation of the sum of Six Million Five Hundred

Thousand Pesos or so much as may be necessary, out of

any

funds

in

the

National

Treasury

not

otherwise

appropriated, to carry out the purposes of this Decree.

Thereafter,

the

amount

of

at least Ten Million Five

Hundred

Thousand

Pesos

or

so

much

as

may

be

necessary shall be included in the annual appropriations

of the national government.

Section 31. Repealing Clause. All provisions of existing

laws, orders and regulations contrary to or inconsistent

with

this

Decree

are

hereby

repealed

or

modified

accordingly.

Section 32. Separability of Provisions. If any part, section

or provision of this Decree shall be held invalid or

unconstitutional, no other parts, sections or provisions

hereof shall be affected thereby.

Section 33. Effectivity. This Decree shall take effect upon

its approval: Provided, However, That the application of its

substantive provisions concerning the grant of probation

shall only take effect on January 3, 1978. (as amended by

PD No 1257)

DONE in the City of Manila, this 24th day of July in the

year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.

RA No 9346 | Prohibiting the Death Penalty

Republic Act No. 9346 June 24, 2006

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE IMPOSITION OF DEATH

PENALTY IN THE PHILIPPINES

Be

it

enacted

by

the

Senate

and

House

of

Representatives

of

the

Philippines

in

Congress

assembled :

SECTION 1. The imposition of the penalty of death is

hereby prohibited. Accordingly, Republic Act No. Eight

Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Seven (R.A. No. 8177),

otherwise known as the Act Designating Death by Lethal

Injection is hereby repealed. Republic Act No. Seven

Thousand

Six

Hundred

Fifty-Nine

(R.A.

No.

7659),

otherwise known as the Death Penalty Law, and all other

laws, executive orders and decrees, insofar as they impose

the death penalty are hereby repealed or amended

accordingly.

SEC. 2. In lieu of the death penalty, the following shall be

imposed.

(a) the penalty of reclusion perpetua , when the law

violated makes use of the nomenclature of the penalties

of the Revised Penal Code; or

(b) the penalty of life imprisonment, when the law

violated does not make use of the nomenclature of the

penalties of the Revised Penal Code.

SEC. 3. Person convicted of offenses punished with

reclusion perpetua , or whose sentences will be reduced

to reclusion perpetua, by reason of this Act, shall not be

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