Amendment to Sec. 1 of Act No. 3326
Act No. 3585, approved on November 27, 1929, amends the prescription periods for various offenses penalized by special acts and municipal ordinances in the Philippines. It establishes that violations punished by fines or imprisonment of up to one month will prescribe after one year, while more severe penalties have longer prescription periods, ranging from four to twenty years depending on the severity of the crime. Notably, offenses against laws administered by the Bureau of Internal Revenue will prescribe after five years. Municipal ordinance violations have a shorter prescription period of two months. This act took effect immediately upon its approval.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 3585
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
November 27, 1929
ACT NO. 3585
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO ESTABLISH PERIODS OF PRESCRIPTION FOR VIOLATIONS PENALIZED BY SPECIAL ACTS AND MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES AND TO PROVIDE WHEN PRESCRIPTION SHALL BEGIN TO RUN"
SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered Thirty-three hundred and twenty-six is hereby amended so as to read as follows: HIaAED
"SEC. 1. Violations penalized by special acts shall, unless otherwise provided in such acts, prescribe in accordance with the following rules: (a) after a year for offences punished only by a fine or by imprisonment for not more than one month, or both; (b) after four years for those punished by imprisonment for more than one month, but less than two years; (c) after eight years for those punished by imprisonment for two years or more, but less than six years; and (d) after twelve years for any other offence punished by imprisonment for six years or more, except the crime of treason, which shall prescribe after twenty years: Provided, however, That all offences against any law or part of law administered by the Bureau of Internal Revenue shall prescribe after five years. Violations penalized by municipal ordinances shall prescribe after two months."
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved: November 27, 1929 ESTDIA
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Amendment to Sec. 1 of Act No. 3326, Act No. 3585, Nov 27, 1929 (Philippines)
Amendment to Sec. 1 of Act No. 3326, Act No. 3585 (Phil. 1929)
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