Text of the provision
Art. 126. Delaying release. -The penalties provided for in article 124 shall be imposed upon any public officer or employee who delays for the period of time specified therein the performance of any judicial or executive order for the release of a prisoner or detention prisoner, or unduly delays the service of the notice of such order to said prisoner or the proceedings upon any petition for the liberation of such person.
Revised Penal Code of the Philippines, Act No. 3815, as amended. Reproduced in full from the official enactment and verified against the LawPhil and ChanRobles renderings.
What this article means
The penalties provided in article 124 fall on a public officer or employee who, for the periods specified there, delays carrying out a judicial or executive order releasing a prisoner or detention prisoner, unduly delays serving notice of that order, or delays the proceedings on a petition for the person's liberation.
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Related provisions
- Article 124 — Arbitrary Detention By Officers.
- Article 132 — Interruption Of Religious Worship.
On this text. This article is reproduced as the Revised Penal Code enacted it, verified word-for-word against two independent sources. Republic Act No. 10951 (2017) revised the penalty amounts in many other articles of this Code; where an amount appears below it is the figure this article itself carries.
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