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[ Act No. 2595, February 04, 1916 ]

AN ACT FIXING TWO YEARS AS THE TERM FOR THE PRESCRIPTION OF THE CRIME OF LIBEL AND OF A CIVIL ACTION ARISING THEREFROM.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Legislature, that:

Section 1. The crime of libel as well as the civil action arising therefrom shall prescribe two years after the publication of the libel.ℒαwρhi৷

Section 2. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, February 4, 1916.

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