Text of the provision

Art. 27. Reclusion perpetua. -Any person sentenced to any of the perpetual penalties shall be pardoned after undergoing the penalty for thirty years, unless such person by reason of his conduct or some other serious cause shall be considered by the Chief Executive as unworthy of pardon. Reclusion temporal. -The penalty of reclusion temporal shall be from twelve years and one day to twenty years. Prision mayor and temporary disqualification. -The duration of the penalties of prision mayor and temporary disqualification shall be from six years and one day to twelve years, except when the penalty of disqualification is imposed as an accessory penalty, in which case its duration shall be that of the principal penalty. Prision correccional, suspension, and destierro. -The duration of the penalties of prision correccional, suspension and destierro shall be from six months and one day to six years, except when suspension is imposed as an accessory penalty, in which case, its duration shall be that of the principal penalty. Arresto mayor. -The duration of the penalty of arresto mayor shall be from one month and one day to six months. Arresto menor. -The duration of the penalty of arresto menor shall be from one day to thirty days. Bond to keep the peace. -The bond to keep the peace shall be required to cover such period of time as the court may determine.

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

This article fixes how long each penalty lasts. A person under a perpetual penalty is pardoned after thirty years unless the Chief Executive finds him unworthy; reclusion temporal runs twelve years and one day to twenty years; prision mayor and temporary disqualification, six years and one day to twelve years; prision correccional, suspension and destierro, six months and one day to six years; arresto mayor, one month and one day to six months; arresto menor, one day to thirty days. A bond to keep the peace lasts for the period the court sets.

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