Practice question
No resident of the applicant’s barangay belongs to a listed custodian sector or institution. A qualified resident of the same municipality is proposed. Is the barangay boundary an absolute bar?
- The prosecutor becomes custodian by default
- Yes; the statute has no fallback
- The accused must choose a relative instead
- Any nonresident foreign official automatically qualifies
- No; Section8 provides the stated city-or-municipality fallback
Legal references
- Republic Act10389, Sections4,6,8,10–11: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10389_2013.html
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