Practice question
An officer executes a valid warrant but does not carry the paper warrant. The arrested person asks to see it. What does section 7 require?
- The arrest necessarily fails solely for lack of the paper in hand.
- The warrant must be shown as soon as practicable after arrest.
- The warrant may never be shown.
- The officer must destroy it after service.
- Only the private complainant may inspect it.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html — Rule 113 sections 2, 3 and 6–14: restraint, information, assistance, entry and access to counsel.
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