Art. 90. Prescription of crime.

Crimes punishable by death, reclusion

perpetua or reclusion temporal shall prescribe in twenty years.chanrobles virtual law library
Crimes punishable by other afflictive penalties shall prescribe in fifteen
years.chanrobles virtual law library
Those punishable by a correctional penalty shall prescribe in ten years;
with the exception of those punishable by arresto mayor, which shall
prescribe in five years.chanrobles virtual law library
The crime of libel or other similar offenses shall prescribe in one year.chanrobles virtual law
library
The crime of oral defamation and slander by deed shall prescribe in six
months.chanrobles virtual law library
Light offenses prescribe in two months.chanrobles virtual law library chan robles virtual law library
When the penalty fixed by law is a compound one, the highest penalty
shall be made the basis of the application of the rules contained in the
first, second and third paragraphs of this article. (As amended by RA 4661,
approved June 19, 1966).
Art. 91. Computation of prescription of offenses. The period of
prescription shall commence to run from the day on which the crime is
discovered by the offended party, the authorities, or their agents, and
shall be interrupted by the filing of the complaint or information, and
shall commence to run again when such proceedings terminate without
the accused being convicted or acquitted, or are unjustifiably stopped
for any reason not imputable to him.chanrobles virtual law library
The term of prescription shall not run when the offender is absent from
the Philippine Archipelago.chanrobles virtual law library
Art. 92. When and how penalties prescribe. The penalties imposed by
final sentence prescribe as follows:
1. Death and reclusion perpetua, in twenty years;
2. Other afflictive penalties, in fifteen years;
3. Correctional penalties, in ten years; with the exception of the
penalty of arresto mayor, which prescribes in five years;
4. Light penalties, in one year.chanrobles virtual law library
Art. 93. Computation of the prescription of penalties. The period of
prescription of penalties shall commence to run from the date when the
culprit should evade the service of his sentence, and it shall be
interrupted if the defendant should give himself up, be captured, should
go to some foreign country with which this Government has no
extradition treaty, or should commit another crime before the
expiration of the period of prescription.chanrobles virtual law library