Text of the provision
Art. 1133. Movables possessed through a crime can never be acquired through prescription by the offender.
(1956a)
Civil Code of the Philippines, Republic Act No. 386, approved June 18, 1949, effective August 30, 1950. Reproduced in full; verified verbatim against the LawPhil and ChanRobles official-text renderings.
What this article means
Movables possessed through a crime can never be acquired by prescription by the offender. Prescription runs only from the time the penalty or its accion civil has prescribed.
Questions about this provision
Related provisions
- Article 1132 — Prescription of Movables.
- Article 1134 — Ordinary Prescription of Immovables — 10 Years.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.
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