Text of the provision
Art. 89. How criminal liability is totally extinguished. -Criminal liability is totally extinguished: 1. By the death of the convict, as to the personal penalties; and as to pecuniary penalties, liability therefor is extinguished only when the death of the offender occurs before final judgment. 2. By service of the sentence. 3. By amnesty, which completely extinguishes the penalty and all its effects. 4. By absolute pardon. 5. By prescription of the crime. 6. By prescription of the penalty. 7. By the marriage of the offended woman, as provided in article 344 of this Code.
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
Criminal liability is totally extinguished by: death of the convict as to personal penalties (and as to pecuniary penalties only if death comes before final judgment); service of sentence; amnesty; absolute pardon; prescription of the crime; prescription of the penalty; and marriage of the offended woman as provided in article 344.
Questions about this provision
- Does the marriage of the offended woman put an end to the criminal case?
- The accused died before the case was decided — does his liability to pay die with him?
Related provisions
- Article 87 — Destierro Defined.
- Article 91 — When Prescription Starts Running.
On this text. This article is reproduced as the Revised Penal Code enacted it, verified word-for-word against two independent sources. Republic Act No. 10951 (2017) revised the penalty amounts in many other articles of this Code; where an amount appears below it is the figure this article itself carries.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.