(NAR) VOL. 7 NO. 2 / APRIL-JUNE 1996
(a) Financial ability of the accused to post bail;WHEREAS, taking into consideration the foregoing standards, and to achieve uniformity in the amount to be recommended for each crime, this Bail Bond Guide has been issued to simplify and codify the various Department (Ministry) Circulars in this regard;
(b) Nature and circumstances of the offense;
(c) Penalty for the offense charged;
(d) Character and reputation of the respondent/accused/person under detention;
(e) His/her/their age and state of health;
(f) Weight of the evidence against the respondent/accused/person under detention;
(g) Forfeiture of other bonds and pendency of other cases wherein the respondent/accused/person under detention is under bond;
(h) Fact that respondent/accused/person under detention is a fugitive from justice when apprehended;
(i) Other factors affecting the probability of the accused to appear at the trial.
(a) Where correccional or afflictive penalties are imposed for the offense, the amount of bail shall be based on the maximum of the penalty, multiplied by P2,000.00. A fraction of a year shall be rounded-off to one year.3. Where the penalty is imprisonment and fine, the bail shall be computed based upon the penalty of imprisonment, not upon the fine.
Ex.: The penalty imposable is Arresto Mayor, which ranges from 1 month and 1 day to 6 months. Since the maximum is 6 months, the same shall be rounded-off to 1 year. One (1) year multiplied by P2,000.00, the bail to be recommended shall be P2,000.00.
(b) Where a light penalty (or Arresto Mayor) is imposed, bail shall be P1,000.00.
(a) Under Republic Act No. 7659 (the “Heinous Crime Law”);However, if the penalty imposed is Reclusion Temporal (regardless of the period) to Reclusion Perpetua, bail shall be computed based on the maximum of Reclusion Temporal, multiplied by P10,000.00.
(b) Violations of P.D. 1866 (Illegal Possession of Firearm and Ammunition);
(c) Violations of Republic Act No. 6425 (the “Dangerous Drugs Act”), as amended by the Heinous Crime Law (RA 7659);
(d) Violations of the Anti-Carnapping Act, as amended by the Heinous Crime Law (RA 7659); and
(e) Violations of the Tariff and Customs Code penalized under Sections 3601 to 3603, inclusive, and Sections 3605 and 3610, inclusive.
(f) Violations of Republic Act No. 6968.
(a) fine below P200.00, bail shall be P1,000.00;WHEREFORE, the attached schedule of bail, prepared after extensive study and scrutiny of penal statutes, including special laws, and in accordance with the foregoing rules, standards and criteria, is hereby adopted for the National Prosecution Service and shall be known by its abbreviated title as “The 1996 Bail Bond Guide”*.
(b) fine ranging from P200.00 to P6,000.00, bail recommended shall be P2,000.00;
(c) above P6,000.00, bail recommended shall be P3,000.00.