Article 97-99

Catherine Joy N. Vibar

Article 97 - Allowance for good conduct.
The good conduct of any offender qualified for credit for preventive imprisonment pursuant to Article
29 of this Code, or of any convicted prisoner in any penal institution, rehabilitation or detention center
or any other local jail shall entitle him to the following deductions from the period of his sentence:
1. During the first two years of imprisonment, he shall be allowed a deduction of twenty days for each month
of good behavior during detention
2. During the third to the fifth year, inclusive, of his imprisonment, he shall be allowed a reduction of twenty-
three days for each month of good behavior during detention.
3. During the following years until the tenth year, inclusive, of his imprisonment, he shall be allowed a
deduction of twenty-five days for each month of good behavior during detention;
4. During the eleventh and successive years of his imprisonment, he shall be allowed a deduction of thirty days
for each month of good behavior during detention; and
5. At any time during the period of imprisonment, he shall be allowed another deduction of fifteen days, in
addition to numbers one to four hereof, for each month of study, teaching or mentoring service time rendered.
An appeal by the accused shall not deprive him of entitlement to the above allowances for good
conduct. (As amended by R.A. N.o. 10592, approved May 29, 2013)
 Disqualification from good conduct time allowance
 Recidivist
 Habitual Delinquents
 Escapees
 Those charged with heinous crimes
 An accused who, upon being summoned for the execution of his sentence has failed to surrender
voluntarily before a court of law
They are excluded from good conduct time allowance under R.A No. 10592 (Rule IV, Sec 2)

*RA 7659 defines heinous crimes as: treason; piracy in general and mutiny on the high seas in Philippine
waters; qualified piracy; qualified bribery; parricide; murder; infanticide; kidnapping and serious illegal
detention; robbery with violence against or intimidation of persons; destructive arson; rape; and importation,
distribution, manufacturing and possession of illegal drugs.
 Prisoners disqualified under R.A No. 10592, such as heinous crime convicts, but
who were convicted before the law became effective in 2013 shall be entitled to
good conduct time allowance under the Revised Penal Code. (Rule XIII, Sec.1,
2nd par.)
 Prisoners disqualified under R.A No. 10592, such as heinous crime convicts, but
who were convicted after the law became effective in 2013 shall not be entitled
to any type of good conduct time allowance. (Revised Implementing Rules of
R.A. No. 10592)
Non-entitlement to Good Conduct Time Allowance for violation of
prison rules

A person deprived of liberty who violates prison rules within a month shall not be
entitled to the grant of GCTA for said month, provided that such would not
prejudice the imposition of other penalties.
Article 98- Special time allowance for loyalty
A deduction of one fifth of the period of his sentence shall be granted to any
prisoner who, having evaded his preventive imprisonment or the service of his
sentence under the circumstances mentioned in Article 158 of this Code, gives
himself up to the authorities with 48 hours following the issuance of a
proclamation announcing the passing away of the calamity or catastrophe referred
to in said article. A deduction of 2/5 of the period of his sentence shall be granted
in case said prisoner chose to stay in the place of his confinement notwithstanding
the existence of a calamity or catastrophe enumerated in Article 158 of this Code.
This Article shall apply to any prisoner whether undergoing preventive
imprisonment or serving sentence. (As amended by R.A No. 10592)
The deduction is based on the original sentence
While this article mentions “the period of his sentence,” it should be understood
that the convicts is to be credited for loyalty with 2/5 or 1/5 of his original
sentence, not of the unexpired portion of his sentence.

The deduction applies to all prisoners

The Special time allowance for loyalty shall apply to any prisoner, whether
undergoing preventive imprisonment or serving sentence.
Article 99- Who grants time allowance
Whenever lawfully justified, the Director of the Bureau of Corrections, the Chief of Bureau of Jail
Management and Penology and/or the Warden of a provincial, district, municipal or city jail shall
grant allowances for good conduct. Such allowances once granted shall not be revoked. (As
amended by R.A. No. 10592)

BuCor Director General Jail Director Warden of a provincial,

Gregorio Catapang, Jr. Ruel Rivera district, municipal or city jail
October 2022-Present March 2023 - Present
Thank you!