Article 77 Revised Penal Code

Article 77 of the Revised Penal Code is about When the penalty is a complex one composed of three distinct penalties. It is under Chapter Four (Application Of Penalties) of Title Three (Penalties) of the Code.

When the penalty is a complex one composed of three distinct penalties

In cases in which the law prescribes a penalty composed of three distinct penalties, each one shall form a period; the lightest of them shall be the minimum the next the medium, and the most severe the maximum period.

Whenever the penalty prescribed does not have one of the forms specially provided for in this Code, the periods shall be distributed, applying by analogy the prescribed rules.

See also: Article 76 Revised Penal Code