Practice question
For an offense punished by the Revised Penal Code, where is the ISL minimum term generally selected under amended Section1?
- Always at the maximum possible sentence.
- Always at zero days.
- Only at the prosecutor's requested number.
- Only within the same period as the maximum.
- Within the range of the penalty next lower to that prescribed by the Code for the offense.
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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