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Practice question: Institution and Prosecution of Criminal Action

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Practice question

An original CTA criminal case concerns laws enforced by the Bureau of Customs. The filing has Customs Commissioner approval but not CIR approval. Which approval does Rule 9 specifically identify for that Customs case?
  1. The Commissioner of Customs’s approval
  2. The accused importer’s approval
  3. Only the city mayor’s approval
  4. Only the Securities and Exchange Commission’s approval
  5. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue’s approval in every Customs case

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/courts/supreme/am/am_05_11_07_cta_2005.html — Revised Rules of the CTA, Rule 9 sections 2–4 and 10
  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1997/ra_8424_1997.html — NIRC, section 220

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