Practice question
What special preventive-detention period does amended Article 29 state when the possible maximum penalty is destierro?
- Release after thirty days of preventive imprisonment under the stated rule.
- Detention for the full exclusion-zone period in every case.
- Automatic detention for twenty years.
- No release rule exists for destierro.
- The jailer privately chooses any period.
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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