Practice question
A probationer performs the initial seventy-two-hour presentation but says this necessarily replaces all later monthly reporting. Which is best?
- Initial presentation abolishes every later condition.
- The statute permits no continuing supervision.
- Only the offender’s preferred interpretation matters.
- A first report automatically completes the sentence.
- The initial and continuing reporting requirements are distinct.
Legal references
- PD 968, Sections 5, 10, 12 and 15 (cited unchanged provisions): https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1976/pd_968_1976.html
- RA 10707, amending the Probation Law, especially current grant and discharge provisions: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2015/ra_10707_2015.html
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