- Statute
- Revised Penal Code
- Article
- Art. 358
- Topic
- Statutory provision
- Year
- 1930
The provision
Art. 358. Slander. — Oral defamation shall be punished by arresto mayor in its maximum period to prisión correccional in its minimum period if it is of a serious and insulting nature; otherwise the penalty shall be arresto menor or a fine not exceeding Twenty thousand pesos (P20,000).
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