Art 27 30 RPC
Art 27 30 RPC
Article 27
Reclusion perpetua. — Any person sentenced to any of the perpetual
penalties shall be pardoned after undergoing the penalty for thirty years,
unless such person by reason of his conduct or some other serious cause
shall be considered by the Chief Executive as unworthy of pardon.
Reclusion temporal. — The penalty of reclusion temporal shall be from
twelve years and one day to twenty years.
Art. 27 continuation…
In the following:
1. Serious physical injuries or death under exceptional circumstances. (Art. 247)
2. In case of failure to give bond for good behavior. (Art. 284)
3. As a penalty for the concubine in concubinage. (Art. 334)
4. In cases where after reducing the penalty by one or more degrees destierro is
the proper penalty.
Article 28
Computation of penalties. If the offender shall be in prison, the term of
the duration of the temporary penalties shall be computed from the day
on which the judgment of conviction shall have become final.
If the offender be not in prison, the term of the duration of the penalty
consisting of deprivation of liberty shall be computed from the day that
the offender is placed at the disposal of the judicial authorities for the
enforcement of the penalty. The duration of the other penalties shall be
computed only from the day on which the defendant commences to
serve his sentence.
Rules for the computation of penalties
Article 30