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Article 88Arresto menor

Act No. 3815 · Revised Penal CodeKey provision

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Arresto menor.

Official text — Act No. 3815

Arresto menor.

-The penalty of arresto menor shall be served in the municipal jail, or in the house of the defendant himself under the surveillance of an officer of the law, when the court so provides in its decision, taking into consideration the health of the offender and other reasons which may seem satisfactory to it.

TITLE FOUR

EXTINCTION OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY AND OF CIVIL LIABILITY RESULTING FROM CRIME

CHAPTER ONE

EXTINCTION OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY

SECTION ONE.-Total extinction of criminal liability

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

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