Article 16Act No. 3815, Sec./Art. 16

Who are criminally liable.-The following are criminally liable for grave and less grave felonies:

1. Principals.

2. Accomplices.

3. Accessories.

The following are criminally liable for light felonies:

1. Principals.

2. Accomplices.

REVISED PENAL CODE TEXT AND SPECIAL PENAL LAWS

the law, when the court so provides in its decision, taking

into consideration the health of the offender and other

reasons which may seem satisfactory to it.

Title Four EXTINCTION OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY

Chapter One TOTAL EXTINCTION OF CRIMINAL

LIABILITY

Article 89. How criminal liability is totally extinguished. -

Criminal liability is totally extinguished:

1. By the death of the convict, as to the personal penalties

and

as

to

pecuniary

penalties,

liability

therefor

is

extinguished only when the death of the offender occurs

before final judgment.

2. By service of the sentence;

3. By amnesty, which completely extinguishes the penalty

and all its effects;

4. By absolute pardon;

5. By prescription of the crime;

6. By prescription of the penalty;

7. By the marriage of the offended woman, as provided in

Article 344 of this Code.

Article 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. (As amended by RA 4661,

approved June 19, 1966).

Article 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.

The term of prescription shall not run when the offender

is absent from the Philippine Archipelago.

Article 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.

Article 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.

Chapter Two PARTIAL EXTINCTION OF CRIMINAL

LIABILITY

Article

94.

Partial

Extinction

of

criminal

liability.

-

Criminal liability is extinguished partially:

1.

By conditional pardon;

2.

By commutation of the sentence; and

3.

For good conduct allowances which the culprit

may earn while he is undergoing preventive

imprisonment or serving his sentence.

(amended by Republic Act No. 10592, [May 29, 2013])

Article

95.

Obligation

incurred

by

person

granted

conditional pardon. - Any person who has been granted

conditional

pardon

shall

incur

the

obligation

of

complying strictly with the conditions imposed therein

otherwise, his non-compliance with any of the conditions

specified shall result in the revocation of the pardon and

the provisions of Article 159 shall be applied to him.

Article 96. Effect of commutation of sentence. - The

commutation of the original sentence for another of a

different length and nature shall have the legal effect of

substituting the latter in the place of the former.

Article 97. Allowance for good conduct. - The good

conduct of any offender qualified for credit for preventive

imprisonment pursuant to Article 29 of this Code, or of

any

convicted

prisoner

in

any

penal

institution,

rehabilitation or detention center or any other local jail

shall entitle him to the following deductions from the

period of his sentence:

1.

During the first two years of imprisonment, he

shall be allowed a deduction of twenty days for

each month of good behavior during detention;

2.

During the third to the fifth year, inclusive, of his

imprisonment, he shall be allowed a deduction of

twenty-three

days

for

each

month

of

good

behavior during detention;

3.

During the following years until the tenth year,

inclusive, of his imprisonment, he shall be allowed

a deduction of twenty-five days for each month of

good behavior during detention;

4.

During the eleventh and successive years of his

imprisonment, he shall be allowed a deduction of

thirty days for each month of good behavior

during detention; and

5.

At any time during the period of imprisonment,

he shall be allowed another deduction of fifteen

days, in addition to numbers one to four hereof,

for each month of study, teaching or mentoring

service time rendered.

An appeal by the accused shall not deprive him of

entitlement to the above allowances for good conduct.

(as amended by Republic Act No. 10592, [May 29, 2013])

Article

98.

Special

time

allowance

for

loyalty.

-

A

deduction of one fifth of the period of his sentence shall

be granted to any prisoner who, having evaded his

preventive imprisonment or the service of his sentence

under the circumstances mentioned in Article 158 of this

Code, gives himself up to the authorities within 48 hours

following the issuance of a proclamation announcing the

passing away of the calamity or catastrophe referred to in

said article. A deduction of two-fifths of the period of his

sentence shall be granted in case said prisoner chose to

stay in the place of his confinement notwithstanding the

existence of a calamity or catastrophe enumerated in

Article 158 of this Code.

This

Article

shall

apply

to

any

prisoner

whether

undergoing

preventive

imprisonment

or

serving

sentence.

(as amended by Republic Act No. 10592, [May 29, 2013])

Article 99. Who grants time allowances. - Whenever

lawfully

justified,

the

Director

of

the

Bureau

of

Corrections, the Chief of the Bureau of Jail Management

and Penology and/or the Warden of a provincial, district,

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