Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. The fifth paragraph of article three hundred and sixty-five of the Revised Penal Code is amended to read as follows:

"In the imposition of these penalties, the courts shall exercise their sound discretion, without regard to the rules prescribed in article sixty-four."

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, June 17, 1949.