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Practice question: Special Cybercrime Courts

Multiple Choice Hard Jurisprudence

Practice question

A Sections4 or5 offense causes established damage in City B. The designated cybercrime court there receives the warrant application; the computer user resides elsewhere. No special exclusive post-filing issue is involved. The opponent relies solely on the user’s different residence. Which connection is independently stated?
  1. The location where the specified damage took place
  2. Only the user’s residence is ever relevant
  3. Only the arresting officer’s residence matters
  4. Only the data owner’s nationality matters
  5. Only the prosecutor’s birthplace matters

Legal references

  • Rule on Cybercrime Warrants AM17-11-03-SC Section2.2: https://oca.judiciary.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/A.M.-No.-17-11-03-SC.pdf
  • OCA Circular131-2019 reproducing Section2.2: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/assets/pdf/journals/Collation_and_Codification_of_SC_Issuance_DIGITAL.pdf

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