Practice question
The accused is not personally at the inventory, but a duly authorized representative is present along with the required elected and NPS-or-media witnesses; all other statutory requirements are met. The defense objects solely that Section21 never permits representation. What does the text provide?
- Personal attendance is the only possible statutory form
- It expressly allows the accused’s representative or counsel in the stated presence requirement
- Representatives are expressly forbidden
- Only the officer may represent the accused
- No presence safeguard exists at all
Legal references
- RA10640 Section1, amended RA9165 Section21(1), inventory, photography and witnesses: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2014/ra_10640_2014.html
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