Section 2
SEC. 2, Article seventy of Act Numbered- Thirty-eight hundred and fifteen of the Philippine Legislature, known aa the Revised Penal Code, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "ART. 70. Successive service of sentences.—When the culprit has to serve two or more penalties, he shall serve them simultaneously if the nature of the penalties will so permit; otherwise, the following rules shall be observed: "In the imposition of the penalties, the order of their respective severity shall be followed so that they may be executed successively or as nearly as may be possible, should a pardon have been granted as to the penalty or penalties first imposed, or should they have been served out. "For the purpose of applying the provisions of the next preceding paragraph the respective severity of the penalties shall be determined in accordance with the following scale: "Death, "Reclusion perpetua, "Reclusion temporal, "Frision mayor, "Prision correctional, "Arresto mayor, "Arresto menor, "Destierro, "Perpetual absolute disqualification, "Temporary absolute disqualification, "Suspension from public office, the right to vote and be voted for, the right to follow profession or calling, and "Public censure. "Notwithstanding the provisions of the rule next preceding, the maximum duration of the convict's sentence shall not be more than threefold the length of time corresponding to the most severe of the penalties imposed upon him. No other penalty to which he may be liable shall be inflicted after the sum total of those imposed equals the said maximum period. "Such maximum period shall in no case exceed forty years. "In applying the provisions of this rule the duration of ¦ perpetual penalties (pena perpetua) shall be computed at thirty years."