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Prescription of Crimes

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  1. Which Article90 period applies to oral defamation?
  2. An offense carries prision correccional alone and has no special Article90 classification. Which period applies?
  3. A light felony is discovered immediately. Which Article90 period applies before considering interruption?
  4. A statute fixes a compound penalty consisting of prision correccional and prision mayor. Assume no special offense-spec…
  5. An ordinary libel allegedly committed in 2026 is assessed using the original unamended Code’s two-year period. Cyberlib…
  6. Compare the Article90 ordinary periods for prision mayor and prision correccional, assuming no special offense-specific…
  7. Explain how Article90 selects the basis when the penalty fixed by law is compound.
  8. Distinguish ordinary libel, oral defamation and light offenses under the current Article90 schedule. Exclude cyberlibel.