Practice question
A valid presidential commutation substitutes a different lawful penalty, not merely a shorter number of years. A records officer insists Article96 can recognize only arithmetic reductions and must ignore every difference in nature stated in the valid grant. What does the article provide?
- Substitution may concern a sentence of different length and nature
- Only year counts can ever change
- A different nature necessarily makes the valid grant void
- The officer may rewrite the President’s valid instrument
- Commutation automatically requires the original and new penalties together
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code, Articles95-96,109-110 and159, as applicable: https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html
- Constitution, ArticleVII Section19, executive clemency after final conviction: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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