SEC. 2. In the cases of exception mentioned in the preceding section, there shall be imposed upon the guilty person, instead of the death penalty, the penalty of thirty years of imprisonment in case the crime of which he has been convicted is penalized by an Act of the Philippine Commission or the Philippine Legislature, and the penalty immediately below the death penalty in the respective scale of the Penal Code if it is penalized by said Code.
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CitationAct No. 2726 Section 2 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)
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