Practice question
A theft occurs aboard a bus during its trip from Municipality A through B to C. A competent court in B is selected. Assuming no contrary special law, must B be rejected solely because the exact taking happened before the bus reached B?
- No; the vehicle-in-transit rule includes a territory through which the bus passed
- Yes; only the precise spot of taking can ever have venue
- Yes; only C can hear the case
- Yes; private buses are excluded
- No; every municipality in the country consequently has venue
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/juri2007/jun2007/gr_170298_2007.html — Isip v People, GR170298, June26 2007, MAIN decision (criminal territorial venue).
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