R.A. 5465
Year:
1969
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
April 21, 1969
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This Act amends Article 39 of the Revised Penal Code to increase the rate of subsidiary penalty for convicts who cannot pay their fines. The new rate is set at eight pesos per day, replacing the previous rate of two pesos and fifty centavos.Full Text
REPUBLIC ACT No. 5465
AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE 39 OF ACT NO. 3815 (REVISED PENAL CODE) INCREASING THE RATE PER DAY OF SUBSIDIARY PENALTY FROM TWO PESOS AND FIFTY CENTAVOS TO EIGHT PESOS.
Section 1. Article 39 of Act 3815, otherwise known as the Revised Penal Code, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Art. 39. Subsidiary penalty. If the convict has no property with which to meet the fine mentioned in paragraph 3 of the next preceding article, he shall be subject to a subsidiary personal liability at the rate of one day for each eight pesos, subject to the following rules:
Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Enacted into law without executive signature on April 21, 1969.
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