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Action Subsequent Marriage Offended Party Criminal Penalty Forgiveness

Front ARTICLE 266-C EFFECT OF PARDON

Effects of pardon:
Back 1. The subsequent valid marriage between the offender and the offended party shall extinguish:
a. The criminal action or
b. The penalty already imposed.


2. The subsequent forgiveness of the wife to the legal husband shall extinguish the criminal action or the penalty, PROVIDED that the crime shall not be extinguished or the penalty shall not be abated if the marriage is void ab initio.

(This is an exception to the rule that forgiveness by the offended party shall not extinguish the penal action in crimes against person)

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