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The document outlines the functions and procedures of the Board of Pardons and Parole in the Philippines. It discusses who is eligible to be considered for parole or executive clemency. National prisoners serving over 3 years or fines over 5,000 pesos are not eligible unless under special circumstances. The Board can only consider cases once they are finalized in court and will not act if there is a pending appeal. Petitions must be addressed to the Board chairman. Prisoners who escaped are not eligible for clemency for 1 year. The Board or its agents can interview prisoners to determine eligibility. Parolees are placed under probation supervision for rehabilitation. Progress reports are submitted if a parolee commits a new offense. The Board

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Roel Victor Damian

The document outlines the functions and procedures of the Board of Pardons and Parole in the Philippines. It discusses who is eligible to be considered for parole or executive clemency. National prisoners serving over 3 years or fines over 5,000 pesos are not eligible unless under special circumstances. The Board can only consider cases once they are finalized in court and will not act if there is a pending appeal. Petitions must be addressed to the Board chairman. Prisoners who escaped are not eligible for clemency for 1 year. The Board or its agents can interview prisoners to determine eligibility. Parolees are placed under probation supervision for rehabilitation. Progress reports are submitted if a parolee commits a new offense. The Board

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ROEL VICTOR DAMIAN

Under the provisions of Act No. 4103, as amended, otherwise known as


the Indeterminate Sentence Law, which was approved on December 5, 1933,
it is the function of the Board of Pardons and Parole to uplift and redeem
valuable human material to economic usefulness and to prevent unnecessary
and excessive deprivation of personal liberty by way of parole or through
executive clemency.
The Board may not consider the release on pardon/parole of a national
prisoner who is serving sentence in a municipal, city, district or provincial jail
unless the confinement in said jail is in good faith or due to circumstances
beyond the prisoner’s control. A national prisoner is one who is sentenced to a
maximum term of imprisonment of more than three years or to a fine of more
than five thousand pesos; or regardless of the length of sentence imposed by
the Court, to one sentenced for violation of the customs law or other laws
within the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Customs or enforceable by it, or to one
sentenced to serve two or more prison sentences in the aggregate exceeding
the period of three years.
The Board may consider the case of a prisoner for executive clemency or
parole only after his case has become final and executory. It will not take
action on the petition of a prisoner who has a pending criminal case in court or
when his case is on appeal.
Petitions for parole shall be addressed to the Chairman or to the Executive
Director of the Board. However, the Board may consider cases for parole,
commutation of sentence or conditional pardon of deserving prisoners
whenever the interest of justice will be served thereby.
Prisoners who escaped or evaded service of sentence are not eligible for
executive clemency for a period of one year from the date or their last
recommitment to prison or conviction for evasion of service of sentence. Any
Board member or government official authorized by the Board may interview
prisoners confined in prison or jail to determine whether or not they may be
released on parole or recommended for executive clemency. After release
from confinement, a client shall be placed under the supervision of a Probation
and Parole Officer so that the former may be guided and assisted towards
rehabilitation. When a parolee/pardonee commits another offense during the
period of his parole surveillance, and the case filed against him has not yet
been decided by the court, a Progress Report should be submitted by the
Probation and Parole Officer to the Board.
After the expiration of the maximum sentence of a client, the Board shall,
upon the recommendation of the Chief Probation and Parole Officer that the
client has substantially complied with all the conditions of his parole/pardon,
issue a certificate of Final Release and Discharge to a parolee or pardonee.
However, even before the expiration of maximum sentence and upon the
recommendation of the Chief Probation and Parole Officer, the Board may
issue a certificate of Final Release and Discharge to a parolee/pardonee.

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