Practice question
A records custodian deliberately destroys a document to prevent its use as evidence in a criminal investigation that has not yet formally begun. He says section 1(b) applies only to exhibits already filed in court. Assess the claim.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1981/pd_1829_1981.html — PD 1829, sections 1(a)–(i) and 2, knowing or willful obstruction through enumerated acts and public-official disqualification.
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