CRIME PENALTY PRESCRIPTION

Grave felonies - are those in which the law attaches a capital punishment or a penalty which is afflictive in any of its
periods.

1. Rape reclusion perpetua to

20 years
death
2. Treason reclusion perpetua to
20 years
death
3. Infanticide
-child under 3 y/o -reclusion perpetua to death -20 years
-concealing mothers dishonor(mother) -prision mayor -15 years
- concealing mothers dishonor(granparents) -reclusion temporal -15 years

4. Parricide reclusion perpetua to

20 years
death
5. Murder
reclusion perpetua to
20 years
death
6. Homicide
reclusion temporal 15 years
7. Mutilation reclusion temporal to
20 years
reclusion perpetua
8. Destructive Arson reclusion perpetua to
20 years
death
9. Qualified Bribery reclusion perpetua to
20 years
death
10. Intentional Abortion
-use violence upon the pregnant woman -reclusion temporal
-15 years
-w/o violence, w/o consent of the woman -prision mayor
-15 years
-woman consented -prision correccional
-10 years
reclusion perpetua to
11. Qualified Piracy 20 years
death
12. Robbery with homicide reclusion perpetua to
20 years
death
13. Kidnapping and serious illegal detention reclusion perpetua to
20 years
death
14. Kidnapping and failure to return minor
reclusion perpetua 20 years
15. Counterfeiting the great seal of the Government of the
Philippine Island reclusion temporal 15 years

Less grave felonies - are those in which the penalties in their maximum period are correctional.

1. Sedition
-leader
-prision mayor -15 years
-partcipants
-prision correccional -10 years
2. Slavery
prision mayor 15 years
3. Arbitrary detention
-not more than 3 days -10 years
 -more than 3 days, not more than 15 days -arresto mayor to prision
-more than 15 days, not more than 6 months correccional -10 years
-more than 6 months -prison correccional -15 years
-prision mayor -15 years
-reclusion temporal
4. Violation of Domicile
prision correccional 10 years
5. Direct Bribery prision mayor; prision
15 years; 10 years
correccional
6. Disloyalty of public officers or employees
prision correccional 10 years
7. Espionage
prision correccional 10 years
8. Grave Scandal arresto mayor and public
5 years
censure
9. Unintentional Abortion
prision correccional 10 years
10. Disturbance of proceeding
arresto mayor 5 years
11. Forcible Abduction reclusion temporal 15 years
12. Interruption of religious worship
prision correccional 10 years
13. Giving assistance to suicide prision mayor; reclusion 15 years; 15 years;
temporal; arresto mayor 5 years
14. Falsification of Legislative documents
prision correccional 10 years

15. Flight to enemys country arresto mayor 5 years

Light felonies - are those infractions of law in which the penalty is arresto menor or a fine not exceeding 200 pesos or
both.

1. Vagrancy
arresto menor 2 months
2. Light threats
arresto menor 2 months
3. Light coercions
arresto menor 2 months
4. Betting in sports contest
arresto menor 2 months
5. Illegal cockfighting
arresto menor 2 months
6. Alteration of Boundary Marks
arresto menor 2 months
7. Prostitution
arresto menor 2 months
8. Alarms and scandals
arresto menor 2 months
9. Gambling
arresto menor 2 months
10. Malicious mischief (if such value does not exceed 200
arresto menor 2 months
pesos)
11. Intriguing against honor
arresto menor 2 months
12. Using false certificates
arresto menor 2 months
13. Slight physical injury
arresto menor 2 months
14. Slander by deed (if it is not serious in nature)
arresto menor 2 months
15. Theft (the value of thing stolen is not over 5 pesos, and
the offender acted under the impulse of hunger, poverty) arresto menor 2 months