PRESCRIPTIVE PERIOD

1. Na sinasabi ng batas sa Art. 90 ng Revised Penal Code ay ang mga

sumusunod:

Art. 90. Prescription of crime. — Crimes punishable by death, reclusion

perpetua or reclusion temporal shall prescribe in twenty years.
Crimes punishable by other afflictive penalties shall prescribe in fifteen
years.
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.
The crime of libel or other similar offenses shall prescribe in one year.
The crime of oral defamation and slander by deed shall prescribe in six
months.
Light offenses prescribe in two months.
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.

2. Na sinasabi din sa Sec. 410 ng Republic Act 7160 ay ang mga

sumusunod:

c) Suspension of prescriptive period of offenses – While the dispute is

under mediation, conciliation,or arbitration, the prescriptive periods for
offenses and cause of action under existing laws shall be interrupted
upon filing of the complaint with the punong barangay. The prescriptive
periods shall resume upon receipt by the complainant of the complaint
or the certificate of repudiation or of the certification to file action
issued by the lupon or pangkat secretary: Provided, however, That
such interruption shall not exceed sixty (60) days from the
filing of the complaint with the punong barangay.