Text of the provision
Sec. 98. Limited Applicability of the Revised Penal Code. – Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the provisions of the Revised Penal Code (Act No. 3814), as amended, shall not apply to the provisions of this Act, except in the case of minor offenders. Where the offender is a minor, the penalty for acts punishable by life imprisonment to death provided herein shall be reclusion perpetua to death.
Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, Republic Act No. 9165 (2002). Reproduced in full from the official enactment and verified word-for-word against the LawPhil and ChanRobles renderings.
What this section means
The Revised Penal Code, as amended, does not apply to the provisions of this Act, except in the case of minor offenders. Where the offender is a minor, a penalty stated here as life imprisonment to death becomes reclusion perpetua to death.
Related provisions
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Cases citing this section
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