Practice question
A qualified convicted prisoner in the twelfth year earns both a month of good behavior and a duly established month of qualifying study service. All requirements for both allowances are satisfied. An official says the fifteen-day study allowance must replace, rather than supplement, the basic thirty-day allowance. Which is correct?
- Only fifteen days may ever be considered.
- Only thirty days may ever be considered.
- The statute allows fifteen additional days; the two stipulated deductions total forty-five days.
- The statute gives no study allowance.
- The credits automatically erase every unrelated sentence.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10592_2013.html — RA10592 Sections2–3 amending RPC Articles94 and97.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/apr2024/gr_249027_2024.html — Guinto v. DOJ, G.R.249027 and249155, April3 2024, MAIN en banc opinion, distinction between preventive imprisonment and service after final conviction.
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