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Practice question: Good Conduct Time Allowance (RA 10592)

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

A prisoner expects future good behavior and claims all remaining monthly GCTA immediately without rendering the future conduct or service. The officer agrees that the prisoner is generally eligible but no future months are earned. What distinction matters?
  1. Eligibility automatically proves all future conduct
  2. Eligibility does not itself establish unearned future allowances
  3. All remaining credits must be self-awarded
  4. The sentence vanishes once eligibility is discussed
  5. A private forecast replaces the statutory earning conditions

Legal references

  • RA10592 Sections3 and5, amended RPC Articles97 and99: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10592_2013.html

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