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Classification of Penalties

This document classifies penalties under Philippine law into capital, afflictive, correctional, and light categories. It details the duration and any accessory penalties for each category of offense. Capital punishment carries the death penalty and perpetual absolute disqualification and civil interdiction for 30 years after sentencing unless pardoned. Afflictive penalties like reclusion perpetua and temporal carry civil interdiction for life or the sentence period as well as perpetual absolute disqualification unless the accessory penalties are pardoned. Correctional penalties like prison correctional can carry suspension from public office, prohibition from certain professions, and perpetual special disqualification from suffrage unless pardoned. Light penalties like arresto menor carry suspension of the right to hold office and suff

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Classification of Penalties

This document classifies penalties under Philippine law into capital, afflictive, correctional, and light categories. It details the duration and any accessory penalties for each category of offense. Capital punishment carries the death penalty and perpetual absolute disqualification and civil interdiction for 30 years after sentencing unless pardoned. Afflictive penalties like reclusion perpetua and temporal carry civil interdiction for life or the sentence period as well as perpetual absolute disqualification unless the accessory penalties are pardoned. Correctional penalties like prison correctional can carry suspension from public office, prohibition from certain professions, and perpetual special disqualification from suffrage unless pardoned. Light penalties like arresto menor carry suspension of the right to hold office and suff

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Classifcation

of Penalties
Duration Accessory
Penalties
Exemptio
n
Remarks
Capital Punishment
Death 1. Perpetual
Absolute
Disqualifcati
on
2. Civil
Interdiction
for 30yrs
folloin!
date of
sentence
"nless
such
Accessory
Penalties
have been
e#pressly
re$itted in
the Pardon
It is only
hen the
death
penalty is
not
e#ecuted by
reason of
co$$utatio
n or pardon
that the
accessory
penalty shall
be su%ered
by the
convict.
Afictive Penalties
&eclusion
Perpetua
20yrs. 1day to
'0yrs.
1. Civil
Interdiction
for life or
durin! the
period of the
sentence as
the case
$aybe
2. Perpetual
Absolute
Disqualifcati
on
"nless
e#pressly
re$itted in
the pardon
of the
principle
penalty
Art. 2(.
)hen
a*ictive+
correctional+
or li!ht
penalty. , A
fne+
hether
i$posed as
a sin!le of
as an
alternative
penalty+
shall be
considered
an a*ictive
penalty+ if it
e#ceeds
(+000 pesos-
a
correctional
penalty+ if it
does not
e#ceed
(+000 pesos
but is not
less than
200 pesos-
and a li!ht
penalty if it
less than
200 pesos.
&eclusion
.e$poral
12yrs. 1day to
20yrs.
1. Civil
Interdiction
for life or
durin! the
period of the
sentence as
the case
$aybe
2. Perpetual
Absolute
Disqualifcati
on
"nless
e#pressly
re$itted in
the pardon
of the
principle
penalty
Prision /ayor (yrs. 1day to
12yrs
1. .e$porary
Absolute
disqualifcati
on
2. Perpetual
0pecial
Disqualifcati
on fro$ the
ri!ht of
su%ra!e
"nless
e#pressly
re$itted in
the pardon
of the
principle
penalty
Correccional Penalties
Prision
Correccional
($os. 1day to
(yrs.
1. 0uspension
fro$ Public
1%ice
2. &i!ht to
follo a
Profession or
Callin!
3. Perpetual
0pecial
Disqualifcati
on fro$ the
ri!ht of
su%ra!e
"nless
e#pressly
re$itted in
the pardon
of the
principle
penalty
.here is
Perpetual
Disqualifcat
ion fro$
0u%ra!e
only hen
the duration
of the
penalty
e#ceeds 12
$onths.
Distierro ($os. 1day to
(yrs.
3 3
.he code
does not
provide for
any
accessory
penalty for
Distierro
Arresto /ayor 1$os. 1day to
($os.
1. 0uspension
of the ri!ht
to hold o%ice
2. 0uspension
of the ri!ht of
0u%ra!e
durin! the
ter$ of
sentence
Light Penalties
Arresto /enor 1day to
30days
1. 0uspension
of the ri!ht
to hold o%ice
2. 0uspension
of the ri!ht of
0u%ra!e
durin! the
ter$ of
sentence

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