HB03296: AN ACT REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5180, AS AMENDED, "AN ACT PRESCRIBING A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION BY PROVINCIAL AND CITY FISCALS AND THEIR ASSISTANTS, AND BY STATE ATTORNEYS OR THEIR ASSISTANTS"
This bill seeks to repeal Republic Act No. 5180, "An Act Prescribing a Uniform System of Preliminary Investigation by Provincial and City Fiscals and their Assistants, and by State Attorneys or their Assistants," and its amendatory laws, Presidential Decree Nos. 77 and 911.
This is in response to the need to address the systemic delay in the country's criminal justice system.
The bill also provides authority to the Department of Justice to issue and promulgate rules and regulations on the conduct of investigations of violations of criminal laws consistent with the Rules of Court or any rules promulgated by the Supreme Court.