Practice question
Whose presence ordinarily satisfies Rule 126 section 8 during a premises search?
- Only a television reporter.
- Only the applicant’s private lawyer.
- The lawful occupant or a family member; in their absence, the prescribed two local witnesses.
- Any officer standing outside without witnesses.
- Only the newspaper publisher.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html — Rule 126 sections 7–12: entry, presence, search time, ten-day validity, receipt and return.
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/assets/pdf/journals/Collation_and_Codification_of_SC_Issuance_DIGITAL.pdf — A.M. 21-06-08-SC, Rule 3 sections 3–8: search recording supplements other execution safeguards, PDF pages 704–706.
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