Practice question
Bondsmen are duly notified to produce the accused, who fails to appear as required. May the court skip the thirty-day Section21 opportunity and immediately enter judgment for the whole bond on that fact alone?
- Yes, the declaration necessarily completes judgment
- Yes, notice to bondsmen is never necessary
- No forfeiture can ever be declared
- No; it must observe the prescribed forfeiture and show-cause sequence
- The bondsmen may privately cancel the case
Legal references
- Rule114 Section21: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html
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