"Probation Law of 1976"

The course focuses on Presidential Decree, known as the____________ as amended,

establishing a probation system in the Philippines.

Act 4103

This course also treats the study of the__________, as amended otherwise known as the
Indeterminate Sentence Law that created the Board of Pardons and Parole.

The Board of Pardons and Parole

Who created the ACT 4103 also known as INDERTIMATE SENTENCE LAW?

Probation and Parole Administration

In the granting of timely release of prisoners and the effective supervision of released prisoners
on parole or conditional pardon and those under probation by the?

Probare

PROBATION is from the Latin verb_______.

King Henry VIII

During the time of__________________ for instance, no less than 200 crimes were
punishable by death, many of which were minor offenses.

Department of Justice

The Probation and Parole Administration under the _____________supervises and

controls all probation officers and promulgates rules and procedures on the probation
process, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Justice.

1841

In the United States, probation began in_________.

John Augustus

Who is the Father of PROBATION in the United States?

Common Drunkard

John Augustus attended police court to bail out a____________ the first probationer.

Matthew Davenport Hill

Who is the Father of PROBATION in England?

1858

What Year that John Augustus provide bail for 1,946 men and women, young and old.

Act No. 4221

Probation was first introduced in the Philippines during the American colonial period with
the enactment of? What Act is this

House Bill No. 393

The bill was passed by the House of Representatives but was pending in the Senate
when Martial Law was declared and Congress was abolished. What Bill was passed?

1972

In year _______ House Bill No. 393 was filed in Congress, which would establish a
probation system in the Philippines.

1975

In year_______ the National Police Commission Interdisciplinary drafted a Probation

Law.

Presidential Decree No. 968

This is also known as Adult Probation Law of 1976, was signed into law by the President
of the Philippines.
3 January 1978

The probation system started to operate on _________.

24 July 1976

What date that the PD No. 968 was signed into law by the President of the Philippines.

3 January 1978

In what date that the probation system started to operate in the Philippines?

Parole
It is the release of a prisoner from prison after serving the minimum period of his
indeterminate sentence.

PD 1257
In the Amendatory Laws to PD 968 it amended the period within which application for
probation must be made

BP 76
In the Amendatory Laws to PD 968, it amended the maximum penalty for qualification
for probation.

PD 1990
In the Amendatory Laws to PD 968, it amended BP 76 back to the original form and
made probation and appeal exclusive remedies.

Probationer
It is a person placed on probation.

Parolee
It is the person who has been released from prison on Parole.
PROBATION OFFICER
Is one who investigates for the court a referral for probation or supervises a probationer
or both?

BENEFIT OF CLERGY
This originated in a compromise with the Church which had maintained that a member.

JUDICIAL REPRIEVE

This is a temporary withholding of sentence, either before or after judgment.

RECOGNIZANCE

It originated as a measure of preventive justice, involving the release of the person

accused of committing a crime to the custody of a person of reputable character.

TRANSPORTATION

This was chiefly a way of ridding the country of criminals.

Teodulo S. Natividad
Father of Philippine Probation.

REPRIEVE
The postponement of the execution of a death sentence.

AMNESTY
An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion.

EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY

Collective term for absolute pardon, conditional pardon, and commutation

of sentence.
The Board of Pardons and Parole
Who may grant Parole to a Prisoner?

WHO CANNOT BE GRANTED PAROLE?

- imprisonment of one (1) year or less.
- straight penalty
- to a prison sentence without a minimum term of imprisonment.