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Under the provisions of Act No. 4103, as amended, otherwise known as the “Indeterminate
Sentence Law”, which was approved on December 5, 1933, it is the function of the Board of
Pardons and Parole to uplift and redeem valuable human material to economic usefulness and to
prevent unnecessary and excessive deprivation of personal liberty by way of parole or through
executive clemency. Towards this end, the Board undertakes the following:
a. Looks into the physical, mental and moral records of prisoners who are eligible for parole or
any form of executive clemency and determines the proper time of release of such prisoners on
parole;
b. Assists in the full rehabilitation of individuals on parole or those under conditional pardon
with parole conditions, by way of parole supervision; and,
c. Recommends to the President of the Philippines the grant of any form of executive clemency
to prisoners other than those entitled to parole
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 4 of Act No. 4103, “The Indeterminate Sentence Law”, as
amended, the following Rules and Regulations are hereby promulgated to govern the actions and
proceedings of the Board of Pardons and Parole:
Petitions
SECTION 10. Review of Cases for Executive Clemency. — Petitions for executive clemency
may be reviewed if the prisoners meet the following minimum requirements:
A. For Pardon —
1. The prisoner must have served at least one-third (1/3) of his minimum indeterminate and/or
definite sentences.
2. ten (10) years for life inmates convicted before January 1, 1994.
3. at least twelve (12) years for inmates whose sentences were commuted to a fixed term of forty
(40) years under Article 70 of the Revised Penal Code.
4. Prisoners condemned to one or more Reclusion Perpetua or Life imprisonment under Republic
Act No. 7659 and other specific legislation must serve at least fifteen (15) years.
5. A Death Penalty was automatically reduced or commuted to one (1) or more Reclusion
Perpetua or Life Sentence for a period of at least twenty (20) years.
a. the affidavits of at least two (2) responsible community members. The affidavits must detail
the petitioner's employment, social interests, and religious participation, among other things.
b. In the case of a petitioner who lives in a Municipal Circuit Trial Court, a Municipal Trial
Court in Cities, a Metropolitan Trial Court, or a Regional Trial Court, the petitioner must have
the following clearances:
c. evidence of payment of indemnification and/or fine, or a financial statement from the
City/Municipal Treasurer or Probation and Parole Officer;
d. evidence of sentence served, Final Release and Discharge, or probation Termination Order.
Referral to a Probation and Parole Officer. The Board must direct a petition for unconditional
pardon to a Probation and Parole Officer who shall investigate the petitioner's behavior and
activities, as well as his social and economic situations, prior to his conviction and following his
release from jail.
Coordination with other government agencies. — If the petitioner's offense threatens national
security, public order, or the rule of law, the Board shall transmit the petition to the Secretary of
National Defense for opinion and recommendation. Regardless of the crime committed, a
petition for executive clemency/parole may be sent to a Probation and Parole Officer for a pre-
parole/executive clemency investigation who shall provide a report on the behavior, character
antecedents, mental and physical conditions.
SECTION 13. Review of Cases for Parole. — Unless otherwise disqualified under Section 15 of
these Rules, a case for parole of a prisoner shall be reviewed upon a showing that he is confined
in prison or jail to serve an indeterminate sentence, the maximum period of which exceeds one
(1) year, pursuant to a final judgment of conviction and that he has served the minimum period
of said sentence.
SECTION 14. Grant of Parole. — A prisoner may be granted parole whenever the Board finds
that there is a reasonable probability that if released, he will be law-abiding and that his release
will not be incompatible with the interest and welfare of society.
SECTION 15. Disqualification for Parole. — The following prisoners shall not be granted
parole:
a. Those convicted of an offense punished with Death penalty, Reclusion Perpetua or Life
imprisonment;
b. Those convicted of treason, conspiracy or proposal to commit treason or espionage;
c. Those convicted of misprision of treason, rebellion, sedition or coup d’état;
d. Those convicted of piracy or mutiny on the high seas or Philippine waters;
e. Those who are habitual delinquents i.e. those who, within a period of ten (10) years from the
date of release from prison or last conviction of the crimes of serious or less serious physical
injuries, robbery, theft, estafa and falsification, are found guilty of any of said crimes a third time
or oftener;
f. Those who escaped from confinement or evaded sentence;
g. Those who were granted Conditional Pardon and violated any of the terms thereof;
h. Those whose maximum term of imprisonment does not exceed one (1) year or those with
definite sentence;
i. Those suffering from any mental disorder as certified by a government
psychiatrist/psychologist;
j. Those whose conviction is on appeal; k. Those who have pending criminal case/s.