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RA 3028 Section 86

RA 3028 Section 86

Section 86

SEC. 86. Preliminary examinations in the city fiscal's office, municipal court and Court of First Instance.&mdashEvery person arrested shall, without necessary delay, be brought before the city fiscal, 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 to summary one to enable the court to fix the bail, in any case where the prosecution announces itself ready and is ready for trial within three days, not including Sundays, after the request for an examination is presented. In cases triable only in the Court of First Instance the defendant shall not be entitled as of right to preliminary examination in any case where the fiscal of the city, after a due examination 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 determine whether the offense is bailable.

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CitationRA 3028 Section 86 (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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