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RULE 117

Section 3.Grounds. The accused may move to quash the complaint or information on any of the following

grounds:

(a) That the facts charged do not constitute an offense;

(b) That the court trying the case has no jurisdiction over the offense charged;

(c) That the court trying the case has no jurisdiction over the person of the accused;

(d) That the officer who filed the information had no authority to do so;

(e) That it does not conform substantially to the prescribed form;

(f) That more than one offense is charged except when a single punishment for various offenses is

prescribed by law;

(g) That the criminal action or liability has been extinguished;

(h) That it contains averments which, if true, would constitute a legal excuse or justification; and

(i) That the accused has been previously convicted or acquitted of the offense charged, or the case against

him was dismissed or otherwise terminated without his express consent. (3a

Section 1.Time to move to quash. At any time before entering his plea, the accused may move to quash

the complaint or information.

Section 9.Failure to move to quash or to allege any ground therefor. The failure of the accused to assert

any ground of a motion to quash before he pleads to the complaint or information, either because he did not

file a motion to quash or failed to allege the same in said motion, shall be deemed a waiver of any objections

based on the grounds provided for in paragraphs (a), (b), (g), and (i) of section 3 of this Rule.

RULE 114

Section 26.Bail not a bar to objections on illegal arrest, lack of or irregular preliminary investigation. An

application for or admission to bail shall not bar the accused from challenging the validity of his arrest or the

legality of the warrant issued therefor, or from assailing the regularity or questioning the absence of a

preliminary investigation of the charge against him, provided that he raises them before entering his plea.

The court shall resolve the matter as early as practicable but not later than the start of the trial of the case.

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BATAS PAMBANSA Blg. 129

AN ACT REORGANIZING THE JUDICIARY, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER

PURPOSES

PRELIMINARY CHAPTER

Section 1.Title. This Act shall be known as "The Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980."

Section 18.Authority to define territory appurtenant to each branch. The Supreme Court shall define the

territory over which a branch of the Regional Trial Court shall exercise its authority. The territory thus defined

shall be deemed to be the territorial area of the branch concerned for purposes of determining the venue of

all suits, proceedings or actions, whether civil or criminal, as well as determining the Metropolitan Trial

Courts, Municipal Trial Courts, and Municipal Circuit Trial Courts over the said branch may exercise

appellate jurisdiction. The power herein granted shall be exercised with a view to making the courts readily

accessible to the people of the different parts of the region and making the attendance of litigants and

witnesses as inexpensive as possible.

Article VIII

Section 5. The Supreme Court shall have the following powers:

(4) Order a change of venue or place of trial to avoid a miscarriage of justice.