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Act No. 654 Section 3

Act No. 654 Section 3

Section 3

SEC. 3. In case the judgment of the court or judge shall be that the prisoner be discharged, such discharge shall not be effective until the officer or person detaining the prisoner has been notified of the decision of the court or judge and given an opportunity to appeal. In case the officer or person detaining the prisoner does not desire to appeal, the prisoner shall be forthwith released, as provided in section five hundred, and forty-one of "An Act providing a Code of Procedure in Civil Actions and Special Proceedings in the Philippine. Islands;" but in case the officer or person detaining the prisoner shall take an appeal to the Supreme Court from the order discharging the prisoner as in this Act provided, the court or judge shall suspend the order of release until final decision of the Supreme Court upon the appeal, unless the prisoner shall furnish good and sufficient bail to the satisfaction of the court or judge ordering his release, and in an amount sufficient to secure his appearance and remand to custody, should such be the final order of the Supreme Court on the appeal. Bail may be taken in the form of a bond, or of a recognizance with sufficient surety, and shall be for such a sum as the court deems reasonable—the circumstances of the prisoner, and the nature of the offense charged, considered—conditioned for has appearance before the Supreme Court to abide its order in the appeal. Should the prisoner fail to provide such bail, or enter into such recognizance, be shall be committed to the custody of the officer or person from whence he came until he shall enter into such recognizance, or until the Supreme Court shall otherwise order.

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CitationAct No. 654 Section 3 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

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

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