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Practice question: Definition

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Practice question

Which best defines a complaint under Rule 110, Section 3?
  1. Any unsworn oral accusation
  2. A sworn written statement charging a person with an offense, subscribed by a person specified in the rule
  3. A judgment convicting an accused
  4. A prosecutor's internal diary entry
  5. A police photograph without any statement

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html — Rule110 §§2–4,5 private-crime clauses,10,15–16 and Rule111; read §5 first paragraph with AM02-2-07-SC amendment.
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/may2025/gr_277020_2025.html — Chua-Chiba v Chiba, GR277020, May19 2025, MAIN decision (offended-spouse complaint and statutory court jurisdiction).

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