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Practice question: Parole

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

A person is lawfully paroled but has not received a final discharge certificate and remains within the surveillance period. The person claims that following all conditions for a few days automatically proves the Board issued the final certificate. What is correct?
  1. A few days automatically create every formal order
  2. Compliance is relevant but is not itself issuance of the distinct final certificate
  3. No Board assessment is ever relevant
  4. Initial parole means the conviction never existed
  5. Every reporting visit is a final discharge

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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