Practice question
A covered RPC crime is already discovered, and the offender is then absent from the Philippines for a stated interval. No other applicable special rule changes Article91. May that interval simply be counted as time running toward prescription?
- Yes; every day abroad necessarily counts.
- No; Article91 excludes the period of the offender's absence from running prescription.
- Yes; the offender may choose to count it.
- Yes; leaving the country is itself a final judgment.
- No; because discovery can never start prescription.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html — Revised Penal Code Articles90–91, prescription of crimes and computation.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/apr2025/gr_258563_2025.html — People v. Consebido, G.R.258563, April2 2025, MAIN en banc decision, prospective tolling clarification for summary-procedure offenses.
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