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CA 158 Section 62

Section 62

SEC. 62. Persons arrested to be promptly brought before Court—Preliminary examinations in Municipal Court and Court of First Instance.—Every person arrested shall, without unnecessary delay, be brought before the Municipal Court, or the Court of First Instance for preliminary hearing, release on bail, or trial. In cases triable in the Municipal Court the defendant shall not be entitled as of right to a preliminary examination, except a summary one to enable the court to fix the bail. In cases triable only in the Court of First Instance the defendant shall not be entitled as of right to a preliminary examination in any case where the city fiscal, after a due investigation of the facts, shall have presented an information against him in proper form. But the Court of First Instance may make such summary investigation into the case as it may deem necessary to enable it to fix the bail or to determine whether the offense is bailable.

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CitationCA 158 Section 62 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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