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Outlines Prescription014final
Outlines Prescription014final
I. PRESCRIPTION OF CRIME.
20
YEARS
Death
Reclusion perpetua 20YEARS & 1DAY to 40YEARS
Reclusion temporal 12YEARS & 1DY to 20YEARS
15
YEARS
Prision mayor 6YEARS & 1DAY to 12YEARS
10
YEARS
Prision correcional 6MOS & 1DAY to 6YEARS
5
YEARS
Aresto mayor 1MO & 1DAY to 6MOS
1 libel
PRISION CORRECCIONAL MIN & MED
YEAR FINE ₱40,000 TO ₱1,200,000
oral defamation
6 ARRESTO MAYOR MAX TO PRISION CORR MIN
slander by deed
MONTHS ARRESTO MAYOR MAX TO PRISION CORR.
2
MONTHS
Aresto menor 1DAY to 30DYS
COMMENCES TO RUN:
1
Llenes vs. Dicdican, 260 SCRA 207 (1996).
2
Ibid.
3
Ibid.
The prescription of an offense filed in court starts to
RUN AGAIN when the proceedings:
The prescription:
C. Katarungang Pambarangay.
PRESCRIPTION
RPC SPECIAL LAW
DATE OF COMMISSION
RUNS
Prescription
Prescriptio In cases where the shall not run
n shall not imposable penalty is when the
run when imprisonment and/or a offender is
the fine, the greater penalty absent from
offender is shall be the basis for the the country
absent computation of
from the prescription.
country.
KATARUNGANG
PAMBARANGAY
6
Sec. 40 par.,Local Govt. Code.
7
Art. 91, par. 2, Revised Penal Code.
INTERRUPTED
FILING OF
COMPLAINT
PUNONG
BARANGAY
RUNS
AGAIN
COMPLAINANT’S RECEIPT
OF THE CERTIFICATE OF
REPUDIATION ISSUED BY
THE LUPON OR PANGKAT
SECRETARY
COMPLAINANT’S
RECEIPT OF THE
CERTIFICATION TO FILE
ACTION ISSUED BY THE
LUPON OR PANGKAT
SECRETARY
INTERRUPTED
ORDINARY
FILING OF
COMPLAINT
OP/OMB INTERRUPTED
FILING OF FILING OF
COMPLAINT/ COMPLAINT/
INFORMATION INFORMATION
COURT COURT
INTERRUPTED
SUMMARY
FILING OF
COMPLAINT/
INFORMATION
COURT
RUNS
AGAIN
WHEN
PROCEEDINGS
TERMINATE
RUNS RUNS
AGAIN AGAIN
WHEN PROCEEDINGS
PROCEEDINGS DISMISSED FOR
TERMINATE REASONS NOT
WITHOUT THE DOUBLE JEOPARDY
ACCUSED BEING
CONVICTED/
ACQUITTED
WHEN
PROCEEDINGS ARE
UNJUSTIFIABLY
STOPPED FOR ANY
REASON NOT
IMPUTABLE TO THE
ACCUSED