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RA 3857 Section 48

RA 3857 Section 48

Section 48

SEC. 48. Persons arrested to be promptly brought before a court—Preliminary investigations in City Court and Court of First Instance.&mdashEvery person arrested shall, without unnecessary delay, be brought before the city fiscal, the city court, or the Court of First Instance for preliminary hearing, release on bail, and trial. In cases triable in the city court the defendant shall not be entitled as a matter of right to a preliminary investigation, except a summary one to enable the court to fix 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 investigation is presented.

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CitationRA 3857 Section 48 (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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