Practice question
Does credit against a sentence consisting of deprivation of liberty automatically pay an outstanding criminal fine peso for peso?
- Yes; every detention day is automatically cash payment in any amount chosen.
- The jailer may invent an exchange rate without law.
- No.
- A credit erases every distinct obligation automatically.
- Every fine becomes a private donation.
Legal references
- RA 10592, Section 1, amended Article 29, including destierro and actual detention: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10592_2013.html
- Guinto v. Department of Justice, G.R. Nos. 249027 and 249155, April 3, 2024, en banc main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/apr2024/gr_249027_2024.html
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