One-half of the period of the preventive imprisonment deducted from term of imprisonment.
Article 29
ART. 29. One-half of the period of the preventive imprisonment deducted from term of imprisonment.—Offenders who nave undergone preventive imprisonment shall be credited in the service of their sentences consisting of deprivation of liberty, with one-half of the time during which they have undergone preventive imprisonment, except in the following cases: When they are recidivists, or have been convicted previously twice or more times of any crime; When upon being summoned for the execution of their sentence they have failed to surrender voluntarily; When they have been convicted of robbery, theft, estafa, malversation of public funds, falsification, vagrancy, or prostitution. SECTION TWO.—Effects of the penalties according to their respective nature