Practice question
The accused flees before the officer has an opportunity to give the Section 7 notice. Does that provision invariably require the officer to abandon an otherwise lawful warrant arrest?
- No; Section 7 expressly recognizes the stated flight exception.
- Yes, flight automatically cancels the warrant.
- Yes, fleeing transfers judicial authority to the accused.
- Yes, the warrant becomes a search warrant only.
- Yes, the officer may arrest only after the accused agrees.
Legal references
- Rules of Court, Rule 113, Sections 2-9, and Rule 114, Section 26, as relevant: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html
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