Batas Pambansa Blg. 242 (BP 242) — An Act Prescribing the Period Within Which a Denounced Public Officer May Bring Action Against an Informant or Witness Who Gave False or Malicious Testimony, Amending for the Purpose Section Two of Presidential Decree Numbered Seven Hundred Forty-Nine, "Granting Immunity from Prosecution to Givers of Bribes and Other Gifts and to Their Accomplices in Bribery and Other Graft Cases Against Public Officers."
Batas Pambansa Blg. 242 (BP 242) — An Act Prescribing the Period Within Which a Denounced Public Officer May Bring Action Against an Informant or Witness Who Gave False or Malicious Testimony, Amending for the Purpose Section Two of Presidential Decree Numbered Seven Hundred Forty-Nine, "Granting Immunity from Prosecution to Givers of Bribes and Other Gifts and to Their Accomplices in Bribery and Other Graft Cases Against Public Officers."
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"SEC. 2. The immunity granted hereunder shall not attach should it turn out subsequently that the information and/or testimony is false and malicious or made only for the purpose of harassing, molesting or in any way prejudicing the public officer denounced. In such a case, tie public officer so denounced shall be entitled to any action, civil, administrative or criminal, against said informant or witness: Provided, however, That such action may be commenced only after the dismissal of the case against the denounced public officer after preliminary investigation or after the latter's acquittal by a competent court.
"The prescriptive periods for the various actions under the provisions of this section shall start to run from the time such actions may be commenced as herein provided."
