Article 97Act No. 3815, Sec./Art. 97

Allowance for good conduct.-The good conduct of any prisoner in any penal institution shall entitle him to the following deductions from the period of his sentence:

1. During the first two years of his imprisonment he shall be allowed a deduction of five days for each month of good behavior;

2. During the third to the fifth year, inclusive, of his imprisonment, he shall be allowed a deduction of eight days for each month of good behavior;

3. During the following years until the tenth year, inclusive, of his imprisonment, he shall be allowed a deduction of ten days for each month of good behavior; and

4. During the eleventh and successive years of his imprisonment, he shall be allowed a deduction of fifteen days for each month of good behavior.

REVISED PENAL CODE TEXT AND SPECIAL PENAL LAWS

tolled upon filing of a petition to extend the effectivity of

the freeze order.

Notwithstanding the preceding paragraphs, the AMLC,

consistent with the Philippines ’ international obligations,

shall be authorized to issue a freeze order with respect to

property

or

funds

of

a

designated

organization,

association,

group or any individual to comply with

binding

terrorism-related

Resolutions,

including

Resolution No. 1373, of the UN Security Council pursuant

to Article 41 of the Charter of the UN. Said freeze order

shall be effective until the basis for the issuance thereof

shall have been lifted. During the effectivity of the freeze

order, an aggrieved party may, within twenty (20) days

from issuance, file with the Court of Appeals a petition to

determine the basis of the freeze order according to the

principle of effective judicial protection.

However, if the property or funds subject of the freeze

order under the immediately preceding paragraph are

found to be in any way related to financing of terrorism or

acts of terrorism committed within the jurisdiction of the

Philippines , said property or funds shall be the subject of

civil forfeiture proceedings as hereinafter provided.

Section 12. Exceptions for Investigative Requirements. –

Notwithstanding the immediately preceding provision,

the AMLC may decide to defer the issuance of a freeze

order

for

as

long

as

necessary

for

any

specific

investigative/prosecutorial purposes.

Section 13. Humanitarian Exemptions. – The person

whose property or funds have been frozen under the first

paragraph of Section 11 may withdraw such sums as the

court determines to be reasonably needed for monthly

family needs and sustenance including the services of

counsel

and

the

family

medical

needs

of

such

person.1âwphi1

The person whose property or funds have been frozen

under the third paragraph of Section 11 may withdraw

such sums as the AMLC determines to be reasonably

needed for monthly family needs including the services

of counsel and the family medical needs of such person.

Section 14. Appropriation and Use of Funds of Public

Attorney’s Office (PAO). – Any appropriation and use of

funds of PAO to provide free legal assistance or services

to persons charged of the offenses defined and penalized

herein shall not be construed as a violation of this Act,

thereby exempting the PAO from any liability.

Section 15. Publication of Designation. – The Department

of Foreign Affairs with respect to designation under

Section 3 (e) (1) of this Act, and the ATC with respect to

designation under Section 3 (e) (2) and (3) and Section 11

of this Act, shall publish a list of the designated persons to

which this Act or the Human Security Act applies. The

concerned

agencies

shall

ensure

that

an

electronic

version of the document is made available to the public

on their respective website.

Each respective agency or authority shall ensure that

information

on

procedures

established

in

rules and

regulations issued pursuant to this Act for delisting,

unfreezing

and

exemptions

for

basic,

necessary

or

extraordinary expenses shall likewise be made available in

their respective website.

Section

16.

Duty of the Covered Institutions and/or

Relevant Government Agencies Upon Receipt of the

Freeze Order. – Upon receipt of the notice of a freeze

order,

the

covered

institutions

and/or

relevant

government agencies shall immediately preserve the

subject property or funds in accordance with the order of

the AMLC and shall forthwith serve a copy of the notice of

the freeze order upon the owner or holder of the property

or funds. Any responsible officer or other person who fails

to comply with a freeze order shall suffer the penalty of

imprisonment from six (6) months to four (4) years and a

fine of not less than One hundred thousand pesos

(Php100,000.00) nor more than Five hundred thousand

pesos (Php500,000.00), at the discretion of the court,

without prejudice to the administrative sanctions that the

AMLC may impose on the erring covered institution.

Section 17. Predicate Offense to Money Laundering. –

Financing of terrorism under Section 4 and offenses

punishable under Sections 5, 6, and 7 of this Act shall be

predicate offenses to money laundering as defined in

Republic

Act

No.

9160,

otherwise

known

as

the

"Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2001?, as amended, and

subject

to

its

suspicious

transaction

reporting

requirement.

Section 18. Civil Forfeiture. – The procedure for the civil

forfeiture of property or funds found to be in any way

related to financing of terrorism under Section 4 and

other offenses punishable under Sections 5, 6, and 7 of

this Act shall be made in accordance with the AMLA, as

amended,

its

Revised

Implementing

Rules

and

Regulations and the Rules of Procedure promulgated by

the Supreme Court.

Section 19. Extra-Territorial Application of this Act. –

Subject to the provision of an existing treaty, including

the International Convention for the Suppression of the

Financing of Terrorism of which the Philippines is a State

Party,

and

to

any

contrary provision of any law of

preferential application, the criminal provisions of this Act

shall

apply:

(a)

to individual persons who, although

physically outside the territorial limits of the Philippines,

commit, conspire or plot to commit any of the crimes

defined and punished in this Act inside the territorial

limits of the Philippines; (b) to individual persons who,

although physically outside the territorial limits of the

Philippines, commit any of the said crimes on board

Philippine ship or Philippine airship; (c) to individual

persons who commit any of said crimes within any

embassy, consulate, or diplomatic premises belonging to

or occupied by the Philippine government in an official

capacity;

(d)

to

individual

persons

who,

although

physically outside the territorial limits of the Philippines,

commit said crimes against Philippine citizens or persons

of Philippine descent, where their citizenship or ethnicity

was a factor in the commission of the crime; and (e) to

individual persons who, although physically outside the

territorial limits of the Philippines, commit said crimes

directly against the Philippine government.

The provisions of this Act shall likewise apply to a Filipino

national who, although outside the territorial jurisdiction

of the Philippines , commit, conspire or plot to commit

any of the crimes defined and punished in this Act.

In

case

of

an

alien

whose extradition is requested

pursuant

to

the

International

Convention

for

the

Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, and that alien

is not extradited to the requesting State, the Republic of

the

Philippines,

without

exception

whatsoever

and

whether

or

not

the

offense was committed in the

Philippines, shall submit the case without undue delay to

the Department of Justice for the purpose of prosecution

in the same manner as if the act constituting the offense

had been committed in the Philippines, in which case,

the courts of the Philippines shall have jurisdiction over

the offense.

Section 20. Extradition. – The Philippines may, at its

option, subject to the principle of reciprocity, consider the

International

Convention

for

the Suppression of the

Financing of Terrorism as a legal basis for requesting or

granting extradition in respect of the offenses set forth

under this Act.

Section 21. Applicability of the Revised Penal Code. – The

provisions of Book I of the Revised Penal Code shall apply

suppletorily to this Act.

Section

22.

Implementing Rules and Regulations. -

Within thirty (30) days from the effectivity of this Act, the

AMLC,

in

coordination

with

relevant

government

agencies,

shall

promulgate

rules

and regulations to

implement effectively the provisions of this Act.

The

rules

and

regulations

to

be

promulgated

may

include,

but

not

limited

to,

designation,

delisting,

notification of matters of interest of persons affected by

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