Article 77When the penalty is a complex one composed of three distinct penalties
ELI5— what this means for you
When the penalty is a complex one composed of three distinct penalties.
Official text — Act No. 3815
When the penalty is a complex one composed of three distinct penalties.
-In cases in which the law prescribes a penalty composed of three distinct penalties, each one shall form a period; the lightest of them shall be the minimum, the next the medium, and the most severe the maximum period.
Whenever the penalty prescribed does not have one of the forms specially provided for in this book, the periods shall be distributed, applying by analogy the prescribed rules.
CHAPTER FIVE
EXECUTION AND SERVICE OF PENALTIES
SECTION ONE.-General provisions
Related
RELATED RIGHTS
Legal disclaimer: BatasKo provides general legal information, not legal advice. Criminal law has serious consequences — for advice on your specific situation, consult a licensed Filipino lawyer or the Public Attorney's Office (PAO) at pao.gov.ph.