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CA 520 Section 27

Peace officers.

Section 27

SEC. 27. Peace officers. - Their powers and duties. - The Mayor, the chief of police, the chief of the secret service, and all officers and members of the city police and detective- force shall be peace officers. Such peace officers are authorized to serve and execute all processes of the municipal court aid criminal processes of all other courts to whomsoever directed, within the jurisdictional limits of the city or within the police limits as herein before defined; within the same territory, to pursue and arrest, without warrant, any person found in suspicious places or under suspicious circumstances reasonably tending to show that such person has committed, or is about to commit, any crime or breach of the peace; to arrest or.cause to be arrested, without warrant, any offender when the offense is committed in the presence of a peace officer or within his view; in such pursuit or arrest to:enter any building, ship, boat, or vessel, or take into custody any person therein suspected of being concerned in such crime or breach of the peace, and any property suspected of having been stolen; and to:exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law or ordinance. They shall detain an arrested person only until he can be brought before the proper magistrate, '"henever the Mayor shall seem. it necessary, to avert clanger or to protect life and property, in case of riot, disturbance, or public calamity, or when he has reason to-fear any serious violation of law and order, he-shall have power'to swear in special police, in such numbers as the occasion may demand. Such special police, shall have the same powers while on duty as members of the regular force.

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CitationCA 520 Section 27 (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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