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Practice question: Indeterminate Sentence Law (Act 4103, as amended)

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Practice question

A covered adult is convicted under a special statute prescribing three to six years' imprisonment. No separate rule modifies that range and no ISL exclusion applies. Which proposed indeterminate sentence stays within both statutory bounds?
  1. Three years as minimum to five years as maximum.
  2. Two years as minimum to five years as maximum.
  3. Three years as minimum to seven years as maximum.
  4. One year as minimum to seven years as maximum.
  5. Zero as minimum to eight years as maximum.

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1935/act_4225_1935.html — Act4225 Sections1–2 amending Act4103 Sections1–2.
  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1933/act_4103_1933.html — Indeterminate Sentence Law, Section5, discretionary parole subject to its requirements.

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