Section 3. Article seventy-one of Act Numbered Thirty-eight hundred and fifteen, known as the Revised Penal Code, is likewise hereby amended so as to read as follows:

"ART. 71. Graduated scales. — In the cases in which the law prescribes a penalty lower or higher by one or more degrees than another given penalty, the rules prescribed in article 61 shall be observed in graduating such penalty.

"The lower or higher penalty shall be taken from the graduated scale in which is comprised the given penalty.

"The courts, in applying such lower or higher penalty, shall observe the following graduated scales:

"SCALE No. 1

"1. Death,

"2. Reclusion perpetua,

"3. Reclusion temporal,

"4. Prision mayor,

"5. Prision correccional,

"6. Arresto mayor,

"7. Destierro,

"8. Arresto menor,

"9. Public censure,

"10. Fine.

"SCALE No. 2

"1. Perpetual absolute disqualification,

"2. Temporary absolute disqualification,

"3. Suspension from public office, the right to vote and be voted for, and the right to follow a profession or calling,

"4. Public censure,

"5. Fine."