REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4203 - AN ACT TO
AMEND SECTIONS THREE AND FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED
AND THREE, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
LAW
Section 1. Section s three and four of Act Numbered Four
Thousand one hundred and three, as amended, are hereby further amended
to read as follows:
"Sec. 3. There is hereby created a Board of Pardons
and Parole to be composed of the Secretary of Justice who shall be its
chairman, and four members to be appointed by the President, with the
consent of the Commission on Appointments who shall hold office for a
term of six years: provided, that one member of the board shall be a
trained sociologist, one a clergyman or educator, one psychiatrist
unless a trained psychiatrist be employed by the board, and the other
members shall be persons qualified for such work by training and
experience. At least one member of the board shall be a woman. Of the
members of the present board, two shall be designated by the President
to continue until December thirty, nineteen hundred and sixty-six and
the other two shall continue until December thirty, nineteen hundred
and sixty-nine. In case of any vacancy in the membership of the Board,
a successor may be appointed to serve only for the unexpired portion of
the term of the respective members."
"Sec. 4. The Board of Pardons and Parole is
authorized to adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary for
carrying out its functions and duties. The Board is empowered to call
upon any bureau, office, branch, subdivision, agency, or
instrumentality of the Government for such assistance as it may need in
connection with the performance of its functions. A majority of all the
members shall constitute a quorum and a majority vote shall be
necessary to arrive at a decision. Any dissent from the majority
opinion shall be reduced to writing and filed with the records of the
proceedings. Each member of the Board, including the Chairman and the
Executive Officer, shall be entitled to receive as compensation fifty
pesos for each meeting actually attended by him, notwithstanding the
provisions of section two hundred and fifty-nine of the Revised
Administrative Code, and in addition thereto, reimbursement of actual
and necessary traveling expenses incurred in the performance of duties:
provided, however, that the Board meetings will not be more than three
times a week.”
Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: June 19, 1965
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