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Act No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 42

Act No. 3815 (The Revised Penal Code) Article 42

Prision mayor—Its accessory penalties.

Article 42

ART. 42. Prision mayor—Its accessory penalties.—The penalty of prision mayor shall carry with it that of temporary absolute disqualification and that of perpetual special disqualification from the right of suffrage which the offender shall suffer although pardoned as to the principal penalty, unless the same shall have been expressly remitted in the pardon.

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