SEC. 6. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all Insular prisoners shall be maintained out of the appropriation for the Bureau of Prisons: Provided, however, That no prisoner at present under sentence in a provincial jail who has less than one year to serve, after deducting from his sentence all allowances which he may have earned for good conduct up to the date of this Act, shall be deemed to be an Insular prisoner.
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CitationAct No. 1703 Section 6 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)
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