Preventive Suspension by Reason of Pending Criminal Case.
Section 4
SEC. 4. Preventive Suspension by Reason of Pending Criminal Case.—Whenever a member of the Integrated National Police is accused in the civil or military court of any felony or violation of law by the municipal or city attorney, the provincial or city fiscal, the prosecutor of the Department of Justice or the authorized representative of the Philippine Constabulary/Integrated National Police, the National Bureau of Investigation or any major service . of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the station or higher commander concerned or the National Police Commission shall immediately suspend the accused from office pending final decision by the court. For this purpose, it shall be the duty of the judge or clerk of court concerned to furnish the station commander or police superintendent and the National Police Commission with the copy of the complaint or information against said member. The preventive suspension of the accused shall remain operative pending decision of the case by the court unless sooner lifted by the said Commission by reason of the exigency of the service upon recommendation of the Director General,