Practice question
Bondsmen seek mitigation of bond liability while the accused remains unsurrendered and has not been acquitted. Does financial hardship alone remove Section 21’s stated restriction?
- Yes, hardship always eliminates the surrender-or-acquittal condition.
- Yes, all bond judgments are automatically reduced on request.
- Yes, the surety determines its own liability conclusively.
- No.
- Yes, the court may disregard every statutory limitation.
Legal references
- Rules of Court, Rule 114, Sections 5, 8-9, 17, 21-23, as specifically discussed: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html
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