PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES, CODES & ISSUANCES
PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES AND CODES
REPUBLIC ACTS
| REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1083 - AN
ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY
EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE AS
AMENDED, BY EXTENDING THE PERIOD OF LEGAL DETENTION IN CERTAIN CASES |
| Section 1.
Article One hundred and twenty-five of Act Numbered Thirty eight
hundred and fifteen, otherwise known as the Revised Penal Code, as
amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: "Art. 125.
Delay in the delivery of detained persons to the proper judicial
authorities. � The penalties provided in the next preceding article
shall be imposed upon the public officer or employee who shall detain
any person for some legal ground and shall fail to deliver such person
to the proper judicial authorities within the period of: six hours, for
crimes or offenses punishable by light penalties, or their equivalent;
nine hours, for crimes or offenses punishable by correctional
penalties, or their equivalent; and eighteen hours, for crimes or
offenses punishable by afflictive or capital penalties, or their
equivalent.
"In every case, the person
detained shall be informed of the cause of his detention and shall be
allowed, upon his request, to communicate and confer at any time with
his attorney or counsel."
Sec. 2. All acts, executive orders, proclamations, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or amended accordingly.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval. Approved: June 15, 1954 |