Sources of Criminal Procedure

1. The Spanish Law of Criminal Procedure (Ley de Enjuiciamento Criminal)

2. General Orders No. 58, dated April 23, 1900
3. Amendatory Acts passed by the Philippines Commission (Act No. 194)
4. The various quasi acts, The Philippines Bill of 1902, the Jones Law of 1916, the Tydings-McDuffie law
and the Constitution of the Philippines
5. The Rules of Court of 1940 and the 1964, 1985, and 1988 Rules on Criminal Procedure.
6. Constitution Rights of an Accused under Article III
7. The Civil Code (Arts. 32, 33, and 34)
8. Judicial Decisions applying or interpreting our laws which form part of our legal system.
9. R.A. No. 8493, The Speedy Trial Act of 1998
10. Circulars
11. The Revised Rules on Criminal Procedure (Rules 110-127, Revised Rules of Courts, As Amended,
December 1, 2000, A.M. No. 00-5-03 SC)

Three Systems of Criminal