|
Section 1. The imposition of the penalty of
death is hereby prohibited. Accordingly, Republic Act No. Eight
Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Seven (R.A. No. 8177), otherwise known as
the Act Designating Death by Lethal Injection is hereby repealed.
Republic Act No. Seven Thousand Six Hundred Fifty-Nine (R.A. No. 7659),
otherwise known as the Death Penalty Law, and all other laws, executive
orders and decrees, insofar as they impose the death penalty are hereby
repealed or amended accordingly.
Sec. 2. In lieu of the death penalty, the following shall be imposed.
(a)
the penalty of reclusion perpetua, when the law violated makes use of
the nomenclature of the penalties of the Revised Penal Code; or
(b) the penalty of life
imprisonment, when the law violated does not make use of the
nomenclature of the penalties of the Revised Penal Code.
Sec. 3. Person convicted of offenses punished with reclusion perpetua,
or whose sentences will be reduced to reclusion perpetua, by reason of
this Act, shall not be eligible for parole under Act No. 4180,
otherwise known as the Indeterminate Sentence Law, as amended.
Sec. 4. The Board of Pardons and Parole shall cause the publication at
least one a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general
circulation of the names of persons convicted of offenses punished with
reclusion perpetua or life imprisonment by reason of this Act who are
being considered or recommend for commutation or pardon; Provided,
however, That nothing herein shall limit the power of the President to
grant executive clemency under Section 19, Article VII of the
Constitutions.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect immediately after its publication in
two national newspapers of general circulation.
Approved: June 24, 2006
|
