Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 272)
Executive Order No. 272 further amends Article 125 of the Revised Penal Code, focusing on delays in the delivery of detained persons to the proper judicial authorities.
The penalties provided in the preceding article of the Revised Penal Code are imposed upon public officers or employees who delay delivering detained persons to judicial authorities beyond the specified periods.
Detained persons must be delivered within 12 hours for crimes punishable by light penalties or their equivalent; 18 hours for crimes punishable by correctional penalties or their equivalent; and 36 hours for crimes punishable by afflictive or capital penalties or their equivalent.
The detained person must be informed of the cause of their detention and allowed to communicate and confer at any time with their attorney or counsel upon request.
Crimes or offenses punishable by light penalties or their equivalent correspond to the 12-hour delivery period.
Crimes or offenses punishable by correctional penalties or their equivalent correspond to the 18-hour delivery period.
Detainees charged with crimes punishable by afflictive or capital penalties, or their equivalent, must be delivered within 36 hours.
It refers to unlawful detention beyond the prescribed periods without transferring the detainee to the proper judicial authorities, which is punishable.
Yes, Section 2 states that all laws, orders, issuances, rules, and regulations inconsistent with this Executive Order are repealed or modified accordingly.
It took effect 30 days after its publication in the Official Gazette.