Rule 112 Preliminary Investigation
Rule 112 Preliminary Investigation
Rule 112 Preliminary Investigation
II. Officers Authorized to Conduct Preliminary Investigation (Sec. 2 and 5, Rule 112)
A. Provincial, City Prosecutors and their Assistants, National and Regional
State Prosecutors. (A.M. No. 05-8-26-SC, October 3, 2005 removed the
Conduct of Preliminary Investigation from Judges of the First Level
Courts). Their authority to conduct preliminary investigations shall
include all crimes cognizable by the proper court in their respective
territorial jurisdictions.
See also: (a) DOJ authority over Chief Prosecutors Sec. 39, 1987
Administrative Code
(b) DOJ Circular No. 27 (2022 NPS Rule on Appeal)
(c) DOJ Circular 279 dated June 30, 2022 re: Uniform
Implementation of Sec. 1, par. 2 of Rule 112 of
Criminal Procedure on Preliminary Investigation
(d) DOJ Circular No. 004, Jan. 4, 2017 (Automatic Review
of Dismissed Cases Involving R.A. No. 9165)
(e) DOJ Circular No. 027, DOJ will now review appeals
on resolutions of the Prosecutor General in cases
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referred by government agencies and provincial
prosecutors in cases cognizable by regional trial courts
(f) R.A. No. 7438 (An Act Defining Certain Rights of
Persons Arrested, Detained or Under Custodial
Investigation as well as the Duties of the Arresting,
Detaining and Investigating Officers and Providing
Penalties for Violations Thereof) DOJ Circular No. 61
(Inquest Procedures)
IV. When Accused Lawfully Arrested Without Warrant (Sec. 6, Rule 112)
1. Inquest Proceeding, Concept
2. Procedure in Inquest Proceeding
3. Requisites for asking preliminary investigation
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