Practice question
Leave is granted in open court. Counsel asks for an extension of the Guidelines’ ten-calendar-day period to file the demurrer solely for convenience. Is the period described as extendible?
- It begins only after acquittal
- Yes; every request automatically extends it
- Only the complainant may choose the date
- No; it is expressly nonextendible
- It is a one-year period
Legal references
- Rule119 Sections12–18,23–24: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html
- A.M.15-06-10-SC, Revised Guidelines for Continuous Trial of Criminal Cases, April25,2017, itemsI andIII.13(d),13(f),14–15; primary text: https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/legislation/details/20516
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