Practice question
A parolee’s maximum sentence is eight years and release occurs after three years. Assume no other adjustment or earlier final discharge. What period does Section6 use for surveillance?
- Three more minimum terms
- A new full eight years from release automatically
- Only one day
- The remaining five-year portion of the maximum sentence
- No surveillance at all
Legal references
- Indeterminate Sentence Law, Act4103 Sections5-7, parole surveillance and final discharge; Section8 amended by Act4225: https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1933/act_4103_1933.html ; https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1935/act_4225_1935.html
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