AN ACT DESIGNATING DEATH BY LETHAL INJECTION AS THE METHOD OF CARRYING OUT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
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AN ACT DESIGNATING DEATH BY LETHAL INJECTION AS THE METHOD OF CARRYING OUT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Republic Act No. 8177
March 20, 1996
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Summary of Republic Act No. 8177Method of Execution
- Death penalty shall be carried out by lethal injection. (Section 1)
- The lethal injection must be sufficient to cause instantaneous death. (Section 1)
- All personnel involved in administering lethal injection shall be trained. (Section 1)
- The authorized physician of the Bureau of Corrections shall pronounce and certify the convict's death. (Section 1)
Time Frame for Execution
- Death sentence shall be carried out not earlier than one (1) year nor later than eighteen (18) months after the judgment has become final and executory. (Section 1)
- The President's executive clemency powers can be exercised at all times. (Section 1)
Coverage and Modification
- Persons already sentenced to death by electrocution or gas poisoning shall be covered by this Act, and their sentences shall be automatically modified to lethal injection. (Section 2)
Implementation
- The Secretary of Justice, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and the Bureau of Corrections, shall promulgate the implementing rules within thirty (30) days from the effectivity of this Act. (Section 3)
Repealing Clause
- All laws, presidential decrees, issuances, executive orders, rules and regulations inconsistent with this Act are repealed or modified accordingly. (Section 4)
Effectivity
- This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation, whichever comes earlier. Publication shall not be later than ten (10) days after the approval thereof. (Section 5)
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AN ACT DESIGNATING DEATH BY LETHAL INJECTION AS THE METHOD OF CARRYING OUT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Republic Act No. 8177
•March 20, 1996
Republic of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines
Metro Manila
Tenth Congress
Republic Act No. 8177             March 20, 1996
AN ACT DESIGNATING DEATH BY LETHAL INJECTION AS THE METHOD OF CARRYING OUT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLE 81 OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AS AMENDED BY SECTION 24 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7659
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled::
Section 1. Article 81 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by Section 24 of Republic Act No. 7659 is hereby further amended to read as follows:
"Art. 81. When and how the death penalty is to be executed. – The death sentence shall be executed with preference to any other penalty and shall consist in putting the person under the sentence to death by lethal injection. The death sentence shall be executed under the authority of the Director of the Bureau of Corrections, endeavoring so far as possible to mitigate the sufferings of the person under the...
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