Text of the provision
Art. 359. Slander by deed. - The penalty of arresto mayor in its maximum period to prisión correccional in its minimum period or a fine ranging from Twenty thousand pesos (₱20,000) to One hundred thousand pesos (₱100,000) shall be imposed upon any person who shall perform any act not included and punished in this title, which shall cast dishonor, discredit or contempt upon another person. If said act is not of a serious nature. the penalty shall be arresto menor or a fine not exceeding Twenty thousand pesos (₱20,000).
Revised Penal Code of the Philippines, Act No. 3815, as amended. Reproduced in full from the official enactment and verified against the LawPhil and ChanRobles renderings.
What this article means
Anyone who performs an act not otherwise punished in this title that casts dishonor, discredit or contempt on another suffers arresto mayor in its maximum period to prisión correccional in its minimum period, or a fine of Twenty thousand pesos (₱20,000) to One hundred thousand pesos (₱100,000). If the act is not of a serious nature, the penalty is arresto menor or a fine not exceeding Twenty thousand pesos (₱20,000).
Questions about this provision
Related provisions
- Article 358 — Slander.
- Article 365 — Imprudence And Negligence.
Penalty amounts. The text above is the article as amended by Republic Act No. 10951 (2017), which revised the property values and fines throughout this Code. Older reproductions of the Revised Penal Code still print the 1930 amounts — for theft and estafa they show 12,000 and 22,000 pesos where the current figures run to millions. Check which version any source you rely on is giving you.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.