Article 23Effect of pardon by the offended party

Act No. 3815 · Revised Penal Code

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If the offended party forgives the accused before the case is filed in court, criminal liability is extinguished — but only for private crimes like adultery, concubinage, seduction, and abduction.

Official text — Act No. 3815

Effect of pardon by the offended party.

-A pardon by the offended party does not extinguish criminal action except as provided in article 344 of this Code; but civil liability with regard to the interest of the injured party is extinguished by his express waiver.

Source: lawphil.net (Act No. 3815 as amended)

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