BP 881 Section 267

Prescription.

Section 267

SECTION 267. Prescription. – Election offenses shall prescribe after five years from the date of their commission. If the discovery of the offense be made in an election contest proceedings, the period of prescription shall commence on the date on which the judgment in such proceedings becomes final and executory. (Sec. 185, Id.)

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