TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION
Category: Criminal Procedure
TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION
Territorial jurisdiction means that a criminal action should be filed in the place where the crime was committed, except in those cases provided for in Article 2 of the Revised Penal Code
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Additional Law Reading:
- WHAT COURT HAS JURISDICTION OVER A COMPLEX CRIME? -
- THE MEANING OF THE TERM “REGULAR COURTS” -
- JURISDICTION OF REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS IN CRIMINAL CASES -
- JURISDICTION OF THE MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS IN CRIMINAL CASES -
- IF DURING THE PROCEEDINGS, THE COURT FINDS THAT IT HAS NO JURISDICTION, HOW SHOULD IT PROCEED? -