Practice question
Under Article91, does the prescriptive term run while the offender is absent from the Philippine Archipelago?
- Yes; absence is legally irrelevant under the article.
- Yes; foreign absence always accelerates prescription.
- Yes; absence substitutes for acquittal.
- Yes; the period automatically doubles each day abroad.
- No; the provision states that the term does not run during that absence.
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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