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BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG. 76BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 76 - AN ACT
AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT, AS
AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PROBATION LAW OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY-SIX, SO AS TO EXPAND ITS COVERAGE
Section 1.
Section nine of Presidential Decree Numbered Nine hundred sixty-eight,
as amended by Presidential Decree Numbered Twelve hundred and
fifty-seven, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 9.
Disqualified Offenders. — The benefits of this Decree shall not be
extended to those:
"(a) sentenced to serve a maximum term of
imprisonment of more than six years and one day;
"(b) convicted of any offense against the security of
the State;
"(c) who have previously been convicted by final
judgment of an offense punished by imprisonment of not less than one
month and one day and/or a fine of not less than Two Hundred Pesos;
and
"(d) who have been once on probation under the
provisions of this Decree."
Sec. 2. Notwithstanding the provision of the
Probation Law of 1976, any person sentenced to maximum penalty of six
years and one day on January 3, 1978 and thereafter may be placed on
probation upon his application therefor with the court of origin.
However, such person serving sentence at the effectivity of this Act
shall remain in jail pending the approval of his application.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: June 13, 1980.
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