QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 1083)
It amends Article 125 of the Revised Penal Code by extending the period within which a public officer must deliver a detained person to the proper judicial authorities.
The detained person must be delivered within six (6) hours.
The detained person must be delivered within nine (9) hours.
The detained person must be delivered within eighteen (18) hours.
Penalties are imposed if the public officer detains a person for a legal ground but fails to deliver the person to the proper judicial authorities within the period prescribed by law.
It means the time limits also apply to offenses that carry equivalent penalty classifications, even if the wording differs from the exact penalty category.
The person must be informed of the cause of detention and must be allowed, upon request, to communicate and confer at any time with his attorney or counsel.
Yes. The detained person must be informed of the cause of detention. The law’s purpose is to protect due process; failure to inform may support liability under Article 125 principles and other constitutional/statutory protections.
If the detained person requests legal communication, the officer must allow communication and consultation at any time, not merely at fixed intervals.
It contemplates unlawful delay in delivery of a legally detained person to the proper judicial authorities beyond the prescribed time limits.
It increases/extends the legal detention delivery periods, defining specific deadlines based on the penalty category of the offense.
It repeals or amends any acts, executive orders, proclamations, rules, or regulations (or parts of them) inconsistent with RA 1083.
Upon its approval.
To amend Article 125 of the Revised Penal Code by extending the period of legal detention in certain cases, i.e., setting longer delivery deadlines based on penalty classification.
Within nine (9) hours from detention, as required by Article 125 (as amended).
Within eighteen (18) hours from detention, as required by Article 125 (as amended).