Text of the provision
Art. 82. Notification and execution of the sentence and assistance to the culprit. -The court shall designate a working day for the execution, but not the hour thereof; and such designation shall not be communicated to the offender before sunrise of said day, and the execution shall not take place until after the expiration of at least eight hours following the notification, but before sunset. During the interval between the notification and the execution, the culprit shall, in so far as possible, be furnished such assistance as he may request in order to be attended in his last moments by priests or ministers of the religion he professes and to consult lawyers, as well as in order to make a will and confer with members of his family or persons in charge of the management of his business, of the administration of his property, or of the care of his descendants.
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 court picks a working day for an execution but not the hour, and the offender is not told before sunrise of that day. The execution may take place only at least eight hours after notice and before sunset, and in the meantime the condemned person must so far as possible be given the priest or minister, lawyers, and family he asks for, and allowed to make a will and settle his affairs.
Related provisions
- Article 79 — Suspension For Insanity After Sentence.
- Article 83 — Suspension Of Death Sentence.
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.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.