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President Duterte signed a new law granting the Philippine National Police chief and heads of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group the authority to directly issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum to aid in investigations. A subpoena compels a person to provide testimony, while a subpoena duces tecum covers relevant documents or objects. Failure to comply with a subpoena can result in indirect contempt charges filed in regional trial courts. The law amended an existing act regarding the Department of the Interior and Local Government.

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President Duterte signed a new law granting the Philippine National Police chief and heads of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group the authority to directly issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum to aid in investigations. A subpoena compels a person to provide testimony, while a subpoena duces tecum covers relevant documents or objects. Failure to comply with a subpoena can result in indirect contempt charges filed in regional trial courts. The law amended an existing act regarding the Department of the Interior and Local Government.

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President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law that allows the chief of the Philippine

National Police (PNP) and the head of its investigation arm to issue a subpoena.
Duterte signed on Friday Republic Act No. 10973 granting the PNP chief and the
director and deputy director of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group
(CIDG) the authority to issue a subpoena and subpoena duces tecum in relation to its
investigation.
A subpoena, under Rule 21 of the Civil Procedure, is an order imposed to a person
requiring him to attend and to testify at a hearing or trial, or at any investigation.
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A subpoena duces tecum, on the other hand, covers any book, documents, or other
things relevant to the investigation.
The law states that such subpoena powers “shall be exercised solely” by the said
officials and cannot be delegated to any other person or office.
“Failure to comply with subpoena and subpoena duces tecum shall authorize the filing
of a case for indirect contempt under the Rules of Court with the Regional Trial
Court,” the measure read.
The new law amended R.A. No. 6975 or the “Department of the Interior and Local
Government Act of 1990.” /jpv
Read more: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/974069/duterte-signs-law-giving-pnp-power-
to-issue-subpoena-duterte-pnp-subpoena-cidg-contempt#ixzz5BWZpU0MJ
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