- Statute
- Revised Penal Code
- Article
- Art. 358
- Topic
- Statutory provision
- Status
- In force, as amended
- Year
- 1930
- Cited by
- Multiple Supreme Court decisions
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).
Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms
Punishes oral defamation (slander). If it is serious and insulting in nature, the penalty ranges from arresto mayor in its maximum period to prision correccional in its minimum period; if it is not serious, the lighter penalty of arresto menor or a fine not exceeding twenty thousand pesos applies. The gravity of the words spoken determines which penalty is used.
An editorially maintained plain-language explanation of this provision — not legal advice.
Cases applying this article
- Rogelio Pader v. People G.R. No. 139157
- Canal, Sr. v. People G.R. No. 163181
- People v. Isauro Santiago G.R. No. L-17663