Practice question
Under the Section21 saving clause, what must support an asserted departure from the requirements?
- Only an unexplained statement that police were busy.
- Only a favorable laboratory result.
- Only a claim that the offense is serious.
- Justifiable grounds and proper preservation of integrity and evidentiary value.
- Only the accused's silence.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2014/ra_10640_2014.html — RA10640 Section1 amending RA9165 Section21(1).
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2022/nov2022/gr_250927_2022.html — Nisperos v. People, G.R.250927, November29 2022, MAIN en banc opinion and guidelines.
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