Editing Statute of limitations (section)

=== Philippines ===
In the Philippines, the [[Revised Penal Code]] has different limitation periods, based on the penalty of the crime:<ref>{{Cite web|last=Marcelo|first=Simeon V.|author-link=Simeon V. Marcelo|date=1 April 2020|title=Litigation and enforcement in the Philippines: overview |url=https://signon.thomsonreuters.com/?productid=PLCCA&lr=0&culture=en-CA&returnto=https%3a%2f%2fca.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com%2fCosi%2fSignOn%3fredirectTo%3d%252f9-621-3675%253ftransitionType%253dDefault%2526contextData%253d(sc.Default)%2526firstPage%253dtrue&tracetoken=1230201401190mKqHeXW3oss2695LrtFvXST7VVCuHhReYtpExsqlgSdiEmMaIwuJpo6q_buMSYG6_xkCpiGXxx7oWmU-sJkChjXJsYNduhtVlFsP5F68CMKB4bPvnpMDIw3bzMQV_YWIPmSU4HW0iwjuJe1etJph399H0bCM7F_TO8437jH-regm7_dkhVKjNO_hbVxmmXu4KbtqJlysIOENkwXUUKQ4u-J_3OZrVUkQm-H4W3DqSMNF7Kz2326KnWYGH6dv81CqeSLZd0wLDpaAq83WnAGAT4MRSgOp19VEU7EF76X4Pk3L-Ve7sMkX62nE5kk28WiEzUaPhw67lm14Hafb8AQtSlkrJqYAkLl_WEhFQsecANkIoink96IuZh24f7RZxWlF |access-date=30 December 2020 |website=signon.thomsonreuters.com}}</ref>
* ''[[Reclusión perpetua]]'' or ''reclusión temporal'' (imprisonment of 12 years and 1 day to 40 years): 20 years
* Other afflictive penalties (imprisonment of 6 years and 1 day to 12 years): 15 years
* Correctional penalties: 10 years, except:
** ''Arresto mayor'' (imprisonment of 1 month and 1 day to 6 months): 5 years
** Libel and other similar offenses: 1 year
** Oral defamation and slander: 6 months
* Light penalties (imprisonment of 1 day to 30 days): 2 months

Other special laws have their own limitation periods. For crimes punished under the Revised Penal Code, the limitation period won't run if the offender is outside the Philippines, while for those punished under other laws, it does. Municipal ordinances have a limitation period of 2 months.