Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING THAT IN ANY CRIMINAL PROCEEDING BEFORE A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE NO COST DE OFICIO SHALL BE TAXED AGAINST THE MUNICIPALITY CONCERNED WHEN THE CASE IS DISMISSED OR THE DEFENDANT ACQUITTED.
Congress
1st Congress of the Republic
House Bill No.
H. No. 85
Legislative History
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Date of Approval
September 18, 1946

Other Details

Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
Republic Act
Bill Note
House Bill Only
Subjects
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
JUSTICES OF PEACE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT -- CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Official Gazette

Official Gazette Source
Official Gazette vol. 42 no. 10 page 2372 (10/00/1946)

Full Text of Issuance

H. No. 85 / 42 OG No. 10, 2372 (October, 1946)

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 15, September 18, 1946 ]

AN ACT PROVIDING THAT IN ANY CRIMINAL PROCEEDING BEFORE A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE NO COST DE OFICIO SHALL BE TAXED AGAINST THE MUNICIPALITY CONCERNED WHEN THE CASE IS DISMISSED OR THE DEFENDANT ACQUITTED.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:SECTION 1. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, in any criminal proceeding before a justice of the peace no cost de oficio shall be taxed against the municipality concerned when the case is dismissed or the defendant acquitted.SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.Approved, September 18, 1946.

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