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PENALTY:
1) RECLUSION TEMPORAL (12 years & 1 day to 20
years); and
2) FINE of P500,000.00; and
3) ADMINISTRATIVE LIABILITY.
ELEMENTS:
a) any member of law enforcement agencies or
gov’t official and employee; (NOTE: applies
only to gov’t personnel)
b) who, after due notice, fails or refuses to appear
as prosecution or defense witness in any
proceeding involving violations of PD 1866, as
amended;
c) intentionally or negligently;
d) without any valid reason.
II. For the immediate superior of the law enforcer
or gov’t official/employee:
PENALTY:
1) PRISION CORECCIONAL (6 months & 1 day to 6
years); and
2) FINE, P10,000.00 to P50,000.00; and
3) PERPETUAL ABSOLUTE DISQUALIFICATION
from public office.
ELEMENTS:
a) any immediate superior of the law enforcer or
gov’t official/employee;
b) who does not exert reasonable effort to
present the law enforcer or gov’t
official/employee in court;
c) despite due notice.
Prohibition on TRANSFER or REASSIGNMENT
of law enforcer or gov’t employee:
General Rule:
1) no member of the law enforcement agency or
any other gov’t employee who is a witness,
either for the prosecution or defense, in a case
involving a violation of PD 1866, as amended;
2) shall be transferred or reassigned;
3) to any other gov’t office located in another
territorial jurisdiction;
4) while the case is pending in court.
Exception:
Unless for COMPELLING REASONS.