A.M. No. 12-11-2-SC (March 18, 2014): GUIDELINES FOR DECONGESING !

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The salient provisions on the guidelines issued by the Supreme Court with respect to bail
include allowing the accused to move for fxing the amount of bail pending rafe of the case
to a regular branch of the court, declaring that the order fxing the amount of bail is not
subject to appeal, and releasing the accused upon service of the minimum imposable
penalty. With respect to speedy trial, provisions include observance of time limits for
arraignment (within 10 days from date the case is rafed), termination of regular trial (within
180 days) or trial by judicial afdavit (within 60 days), and service of subpoena through
email, phone calls or SMS.
The guidelines shall take efect on May 1, 2014.