Practice question
A public officer deliberately and unduly delays service of a valid release-order notice to the detainee under the conditions Article126 specifies. The officer says only the original arrest matters. Which mode is relevant?
- The officer’s title authorizes indefinite delay
- Only an unrelated property offense
- No release-related duty exists
- The delayed-notice mode of Article126
- Only the prisoner’s family may serve every judicial order
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code, Articles118,120-121,126,128,130-132,143-144, as applicable; no obsolete fine applied: https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html
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