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Submitted by the Committee on Justice and Human Rights on 
Re: Senate Bill No.# 1 47 prepared by the Committee 
Recommending its approval in substitution of Senate Bill Nos. 115 and 271 
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Sponsors: Senators Escudero and Pimentel Jr. 
MR. PRESIDENT: 
The Committee on Justice and Human Rights to which were referred Senate Bill No. 115, 
introduced by Senator Pimentel Jr., entitled: 
“AN ACT GRANTING MANDATORY GOOD CONDUCT ALLOWANCE TO PRISONERS 
WHO PARTICIPATE IN LITERACY, SKILLS AND VALUES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
IN PENAL INSITUTIONS” 
Senate Bill No. 271, introduced by Senator Pimentel Jr., entitled: 
”AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE 97 OF ACT NO. 3815, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 
REVISED PENAL CODE” 
has considered the bills and have the honor to report them back to the Senate with the 
recommendation that the attached bill, Senate Bill No. 1647, prepared by the 
Committee, entitled: 
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“AN ACT PROVIDING FOR GOOD CONDUCTA ALLOWANCE (GCTA) TO DETENT1 
PRISONERS AND THOSE SERVING SENTENCE BY VIRTUE OF FINAL JUDGFME 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” 
be approved in substitution of Senate Bill Nos. 115 and 271 with Senators Pimentel Jr. and 
Escudero as authors thereof. 
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Respectfully Submitted: 
FRANCIS “CHIZ” G. ESCUDERO 
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AN ACT 
PROVIDING FOR GOOD CONDUCT TIME ALLOWANCES (GCTA) TO 
FINAL JUDGMENT, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER 
PURPOSES 
DETENTION PRISONERS AND THOSE SERVING SENTENCE BY VIRTUE OF 
SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. - It is the policy of the State to. 
promote the correction and rehabilitation of detention prisoners and those 
serving sentence by virtue of final judgment and provide an opportunity for 
their reformation by giving them free education in order to develop their skills, 
strengthen their moral values, facilitate integration into the mainstream of 
society and to uplift and redeem valuable human material so as to prevent 
unnecessary and excessive deprivation of personal liberty and economic 
usefulness. Towards this end, for their good behavior, there is a need to grant 
good conduct time allowances (GCTA) to detention prisoners (while being 
detained and awaiting trial) and those pxisoners serving sentence by virtue of 
final judgment. 
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Allowance for Good Conduct. - For their good behavior, 
detention prisoners and those serving sentence by virtue of final judgment 
shall be allowed a deduction of fifteen (15) days for every month of good 
conduct. 
SEC. 3. 
Allowance for Study Time. - In addition to the good 
conduct time allowances (GCTA) provided in the preceding section, detention 
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or make satisfactory progress towards earning a post graduate or a college 
degree or a certificate of completion of a vocational or skills or values 
development course or a high school diploma or an elementary grades 
certificate shall also be allowed a deduction of fifteen (15) days for every month 
of study time or mentoring service rendered to fellow prisoners. 
The additional privilege under this Act shall likewise apply to prisoners 
who are rendering teaching services to their fellow inmates. 
SEC. 4. Prison Officials Authorized to Qualify Prisoners to the Grant 
of Additional Allowance Under this Act. - 
The Director of the National 
Bureau of Prisons, Chief of the Bureau of Jail and Management Penology 
(BJMP), Wardens of various provincial, cities and municipalities, shall be 
authorized to assess, evaluate and grant good conduct time allowances for 
detention prisoners and those serving sentence by virtue of final judgment. 
SECTION 5. Additional Allowance to Detention Prisoners and those 
Serving Sentence by Virtue of a Final Judgment. The time allowances 
provided for under this Act shall be those in addition to those that are already 
being granted under existing rules and regulations. 
SEC. 6. Grant of Allowance Pending Appeal. - An appeal by the 
accused shall not deprive him of entitlements to the above allowances for good 
conduct. 
SECTION 7. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The Secretary 
of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Secretary of the Department of 
Interior and Local Government (DILG) shall, within sixty (60) days from the 
approval of this Act, promulgate rules and regulations on the classification 
system for good conduct time allowances as may be necessary to implement 
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SECTION 8. Separability Clause. In case any provision hereof is 
declared unconstitutional the other provisions not so declared and affected 
shall remain in force and effect. 
SECTION. 9. 
Repealing Clause. All laws, rules and regulations, or 
parts thereof, which are contrary to or are inconsistent with this Act are hereby 
repealed or amended accordingly. 
SECTION 10. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) 
days from its publication in three national newspaper of general circulation. 
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