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Act No. 3062 — An Act to Provide Additional Penalties for Habitual Delinquents

Act No. 3062 — An Act to Provide Additional Penalties for Habitual Delinquents

Act No. 3062 · Act · Approved February 17, 1923 · 2 sections

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Section 1

SECTION 1. Any person who has twice or oftener been convicted of the crime of theft or robbery the day on which he completed service of his last sentence, shall be deemed a habitual delinquent and shall suffer the penalty provided by law for the last crime committed and an additional penalty equivalent to one-half of the penalty imposed therefor, and the penalty herein provided shall be imposed upon such habitual delinquent every time thereafter he shall commit either of said misdemeanors prior to the expiration of ten years from and after the date on which he completed serving his last sentence.

Section 2

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval. Approved, February 17, 1923.

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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