Public Prosecution of Certain Crimes Act

Section 1 provides that the crimes of adulterio, estupro, rapto, violacion, calumnia, and injuria, as defined by the Penal Code of the Philippine Islands, are public crimes.
Section 1 requires that these public crimes be prosecuted in the same manner as other crimes defined by the Penal Code of the Philippine Islands or the Acts of the Philippine Commission.
Section 1 provides a prosecution condition for adulterio, estupro, or injuria: prosecution shall not be instituted if committed against persons other than public officials or employees, except upon the complaint of the aggrieved person or the parents, grandparents, or guardian of such person.

Section 2 abolishes any effect of condonation, pardon, or remission of penalty by the aggrieved person or by the parents, grandparents, or guardian.
Section 2 states that such condonation, pardon, or remission shall in no way extinguish criminal liability of the guilty person(s) to criminal prosecution and punishment.
Section 2 further provides that such condonation, pardon, or remission shall not dismiss or suspend any prosecution once commenced in accordance with Section 1.
Section 2 establishes a marital-status exception: in cases of estupro, raplo, or violation, the legal marriage of the accused or convicted person to the aggrieved person extinguishes the criminal liability.

Section 3 provides that in all cases where a criminal prosecution for any offense named in Section 1 might be brought, the aggrieved person or the aggrieved person’s parents, grandparents, or guardian may also bring a civil action.
Section 3 requires that this civil action allow recovery of civil additional damages from the guilty person.
Section 3 characterizes the remedy as an additional remedy aside from other remedies available under existing law.
Section 3 clarifies that the remedy shall not revoke, repeal, or modify any other civil remedy available in such cases.
Section 3 expressly provides that nothing in Act No. 1773 shall be construed to modify or repeal the provisions of Act Numbered Two hundred and seventy-seven, titled “An Act defining the law of libel and threats to publish a libel, making libel and threats to publish a libel misdemeanors, giving a right of civil action therefor, and making obscene or indecent publications misdemeanors,” as amended.

Section 4 repeals so much of the Penal Code of the Philippine Islands as is inconsistent with Act No. 1773.
Section 5 requires expedited passage of the bill under section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.