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RA 296 Section 79

Service of process of justice of the peace.

Section 79

SEC. 79. Service of process of justice of the peace.—The sheriff of the province shall serve or execute, or cause to be served and executed, all civil writs, processes, and orders issued by any justice of the peace in the province; and civil process, other than executions, may be served by any persons designated by the justice for the purpose. Criminal process issued by a justice of the peace shall be served or executed by the mayor of the municipality or other local political division, by means of the local police, or in the City of Manila by the members of its police department; but such process may also be served or executed with equal effect by the sheriff. Criminal process may be issued by a justice of the peace, to be served outside his province, when the district judge, or in his absence the provincial fiscal, shall certify that in his opinion the interest of justice require such service.

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CitationRA 296 Section 79 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)

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

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