Article 36Pardon; its effects

Act No. 3815 · Revised Penal Code

ELI5— what this means for you

A pardon by the President extinguishes criminal liability but does NOT restore civil rights automatically — the pardon must expressly state this. A pardon also does NOT restore the right to hold public office unless expressly granted.

Official text — Act No. 3815

Pardon; its effects.

-A pardon shall not work the restoration of the right to hold public office, or the right of suffrage, unless such rights be expressly restored by the terms of the pardon.

A pardon shall in no case exempt the culprit from the payment of the civil indemnity imposed upon him by the sentence.

Source: lawphil.net (Act No. 3815 as amended)

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